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What is DNA?
What does DNA look like?
How are copies of DNA made?
What are mutations?
Definitions!!!
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True or False DNA means deoxyribonucliec protein.
False because it stands for deoxyribonucliec acid.
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What is the shape of DNA?
Double Helix
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What is the process that a cell does to make copies of DNA?
Replication
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What are chemical agents that damage DNA?
Mutagens
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What are segments of DNA that relate to a certain trait?
Genes
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What does genetic material of a cell do?
Contain information for growth and other activities
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What are the rungs of the DNA ladder made of?
A pair of bases
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What separates during replication?
Two strands of DNA.
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Give one example of a mutagen.
Ultraviolet light or cigarette smoke
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What is a set of rules and symbols used to carry information?
Code
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What do scientists describe DNA as?
A code
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What are the two sides of the ladder often referred as?
DNA backbone
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What are the bases used for replication?
A pattern for a new strand.
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What is a result from mutations that harm the normal functions of a cell?
Genetic disorder
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What are the changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of a DNA?
Mutations
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What determines the inherited characteristics of an organism?
genetic material
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What are the rungs of the DNA ladder attached to?
One of the sugars in the ladder.
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What is added to the original DNA molecule during replication?
complementary nucleotides
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What do cells make that can fix errors in DNA?
Protein
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What's it called when a base replaces another?
Substitution
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What molecule does most of the work of a cell?
Proteins
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What are the two sides of the DNA ladder made of?
sugars and phosphate
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What is each DNA molecule made of?
One strand of old DNA and one strand of new DNA.
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Name the two ways genetic disorders are passed on.
They are inherited or they are a result of a mutation that occurs during a person's lifetime.
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What is it called when an extra base is added to the DNA?
Insertion