Base Pairing
Parts
Replication
Vocabulary
100
A pairs with . . .
What is T?
100
The subunit of DNA (that has 3 key parts) is called this.
What is a nucleotide?
100
DNA stands for
What is deoxyribo nucleic acid
100
The definition for this word is: DNA is tightly coiled around proteins called histones, in the shape of an X.
What is Chromosome?
200
C pairs with . . .
What is G
200
The parts of a nucleotide include a base, phosphate and this piece.
What is a sugar?
200
This is what it means when we say the DNA is replicated.
What is copied?
200
This is long chains of amino acids that fold to become an expressed physical trait.
What is a protein?
300
If one strand of DNA is GATTACA, this would be its complimentary strand.
What is CTAATGT?
300
These two parts make up the sides of the DNA ladder.
What is phosphates and sugars
300
This is what a double helix looks like:
What is Twisted Ladder
300
This is a mutation.
What is a change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information.
400
If 25% of the DNA is the base G, what % will be C?
What is 25%?
400
These kinds of bonds weakly connect the bases.
What is hydrogen bonds
400
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein is called this.
What is a gene?
400
What is a protein?
500
If 15% of the DNA is the base C, what % will be the base A?
What is 35%
500
This is the kind of sugar that is in RNA.
What is ribose sugar?
500
This is the part that fits through the nuclear pores.
What is the mRNA?
500
The vocab word is hierarchical organization.
What is a way of organizing living things from least to most complex?