DNA
This is a long, thin molecule that contains the genetic code of living organisms.
What is DNA?
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
This is the term for how body cells divide.
What is mitosis?
Mutations in DNA can be caused by these two occurrences.
What are mutations can be passed down from your parents or caused by environmental factors?
The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology states this.
What is DNA makes RNA makes protein?
This is a segment of DNA that codes for a certain trait.
What is a gene?
These are single-stranded molecules that are necessary for transcription and translation.
What is RNA?
This is the term for the physical separation of one parent cell into two daughter cells.
What is cytokinesis?
The process of DNA being used to make an RNA copy is called this.
What is transcription?
Humans have this many chromosomes.
What is 23 pairs, or 46 total?
These are structures of DNA and protein found in the nucleus of one's cells.
What are chromosomes?
The properties of all proteins are coded for by this.
What is DNA?
This is the process for making an identical copy of DNA, or of making two DNA strands from one parent DNA strand.
What is DNA replication?
The process of RNA being used to make proteins is called this.
What is translation, or protein synthesis?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This is the name and function of a protein found in red blood cells.
What is hemoglobin, and it transfers oxygen from lungs to the body?
These are the complementary base pairs of DNA.
What is A-T and C-G?
These are the complementary base pairs of RNA.
What is A-U and C-G?
Any process directly involving DNA occurs in this part of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
Transcribe this DNA segment:
A T C T T A G G C A C T
What is:
U A G A A U C C G U G A ?
This is the shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
These are the three types of mutations and how they occur.
What are substitution, insertion, and deletion? Substitution occurs when a base is changed, insertion occurs when bases are inserted, and deletion occurs when bases are deleted.
Give three examples of types of proteins (out of four).
What are contractile proteins, structural proteins, enzymes, and/or antibodies?
Describe how mutations in the DNA of a single cell can affect the functions of an entire organism.
DNA mutation will be copied into new chromosomes --> all new body cells will contain DNA mutation --> protein's shape may be affected by mutation --> proteins in all these new cells may not be able to perform necessary functions
This is the structure and function of a codon.
What is a codon is three consecutive nucleotide bases and it codes for an amino acid?
Describe how DNA controls the functions of an organism.
Specific DNA sequences called “genes” code for proteins. Proteins are responsible for most of the functions of an organism’s cells.