DNA
Vocabulary
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis II
Miscellaneous
100
the structure of DNA
What is double helix
100
Long chains of amino acids fold up to make this important structure.
What is a "Protein?"
100
The name of the strand that is created from the DNA template for protein synthesis.
What is the mRNA?
100
A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________
What is a "codon?"
100
The process of using the DNA genetic code to make a protein is called this.
What is protein synthesis?
100
Date of the first day of the 4th marking period @ IHS.
What is Monday, March 29?
200
A deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base make up this.
What is nucleotide?
200
Organized units of DNA that contain genes that code for traits and proteins... (hint: you have 23 pairs of these)
What are chromosomes?
200
The enzyme that "unzips" DNA to make a template for mRNA
What is helicase?
200
The site where RNA is created from the DNA sequence that will code for a specific trait.
What is the "nucleus?"
200
The site of protein synthesis occurs at this important organelle ___________
What is the ribosome?
200
Translation occurs in the...
Transcription occurs in the....
What is the Ribosome?
What is the Nucleus?
300
The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include...
What are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine?
300
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of either DNA or RNA, can either be harmful, neutral, or helpful...
What are Mutations?
300
The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....
What are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
300
DNA: CAT-GTA-CCG-TAT. What is the complementary RNA strand from the DNA sequence?
What is RNA: GUA-CAU-GGC-AUA
300
The type of RNA that transfers the appropriate amino acid to the growing polypeptide chain.
What is tRNA?
300
The central Dogma states that information flows in one direction, which is as followed: ________________________
What is the DNA --> RNA --> Protein?
400
The bonds that connect nitrogenous bases in DNA in the rungs of the ladder are of this type.
What are hydrogen bonds?
400
The nucleic acid that serves as a blueprint of life, and contains the instructions for making an organism
What is DNA?
400
The type of RNA that builds the structure where protein synthesis takes place...
What is rRNA?
400
The process in which DNA is used to make an mRNA strand.
What is Transcription?
400
A ribosome will continue to create a protein until it encounters this.
What is a stop codon?
400
All three types of RNA work together during this process.
What is translation?
500
Adenine pairs with ___________
Guanine pairs with ____________
What is Thymine?
What is Cytosine?
500
Segments of DNA that code for proteins using the genetic code
What are genes?
500
The sugar found in RNA
What is ribose?
500
The part of protein synthesis in which the bases of mRNA are interpreted into an amino acid sequence.
What is translation?
500
This type of RNA carries the genetic code from the nucleus to the ribosome
What is mRNA?
500
The tusk of a narwhal is actually this structure.
What is a tooth?
600
A DNA Molecule has the bases, AGC-TAC-GCT-ACT. WHAT is the complementary DNA molecule that will form
WHAT is TCG-ATG-CGA-TGA.
600
3 nitrogen bases that are complementary to the mRNA codons during translation.
What is the anticodon.
600
An mRNA strand is AUG-CUA-CCG. These are the resulting tRNA molecules:
WHAT are UAC-GAU-GGC?
600
This is the SPECIFIC amino acid OR codon that allows for translation to begin.
What is methionine or AUG?
600
DNA: CTA
mRNA:
tRNA:
Amino Acid:
Use your codon chart or codon wheel
What is..
mRNA: GAU
tRNA: CUA
Amino Acid: Aspartic acid
600
What is Easter Island?
700
When DNA makes a duplicate, or copy of itself, for Mitosis is known as....Replication, Transcription, or Translation
What is Replication?
700
The enzyme that adds the complementary bases to form the mRNA strand
What is RNA polymerase?
700
List 3 differences between a DNA & RNA molecule
DNA is double stranded; RNA is single
Bases for DNA: A, C, G, T; RNA: A, U, C, G
DNA has a deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar
DNA has the genetic code; RNA uses DNA to carry the message.
DNA can't leave the nucleus; RNA has to leave the nucleus
700
Ribosomes read the mRNA strand _____ codon at a time. Each codon is made of ______ nitrogen bases.
What are "1" and "3"?
700
Provide the missing information
DNA:
mRNA:
tRNA: UAG
Amino acid:
Use your codon chart!
DNA: TAG
mRNA: AUC
Amino Acid: Isoleucine
700
Who is this?
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris?