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What is DNA?
What does DNA look like?
How are copies of DNA made?
What are mutations?
Vocabulary
100
This is what DNA contains
What is a code?
100
A twisted ladder shape called a double helix
What is the structure of DNA?
100
The two strands of DNA separate
What happens during replication?
100
When a base is left out
What is a deletion?
100
The genetic material in cells is contained in a molecule is called this
What is DNA?
200
Cell's growth and other activities
What information does genetic material of a cell contain?
200
This makes up the rungs of the DNA'S ladder
What is a pair of bases?
200
There are two identical DNA molecules
What happens when replication is complete?
200
When an extra base is added
What is an insertion?
200
A set of rules and symbols used to carry information
What is a code?
300
This is what DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic?
300
Alternating sugars and phosphate groups
What are the two sides of the ladder made of?
300
One strand of old DNA and one strand of new DNA
What is each new DNA molecule made of?
300
When one base replaces another
What is a substitution?
300
A base, a sugar, and a phosphate group make a building block of DNA called this
What is a nucleotide?
400
The information that a cell needs to function, grow, and divide
What does DNA carry?
400
Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine
What are the four different nucleotides in DNA?
400
Complementary nucleotides are added
What happens when the bases on the original molecule are exposed?
400
DNA can be damaged by physical or chemical agents called this
What are mutagens?
400
A process in which the cell is able to make copies of DNA molecules
What is replication?
500
These do most of the work of a cell and make up much of the cell's structure
What are proteins?
500
A code that carries information
What is the order of the nucleotides in DNA?
500
A pattern for a new strand
What are the bases on each side of the molecule used as?
500
Beneficial, neutral, or harmful
What can mutations to DNA be?
500
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA
What are mutations?