DNA/RNA Structure
More DNA/RNA structure
DNA Replication
Etc.
Vocab
100

This is what DNA stands for

Deoxyribonucleic acid

100

Where can DNA not go?

Out of the nucleus

100

One side of a DNA strand has the following sequence.  What is the complimentary sequence found on the opposite side?

ATTCCG

TAAGGC

100

The location of DNA replication

Nucleus

100


A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.

DNA

200

What are the building blocks (monomers) that compose DNA and RNA?

Nucleotides

200

What makes up the “sides” of the DNA ladder?

Alternating sugar and phosphate units

200

True or False:  The lagging strand is made continuously, without stopping, during DNA replication. 

False

200
When DNA is replicated

S-phase

200

The word that describes this image

semi-conservative

300

A relatively weak bond that forms between the two nitrogen bases holding the two sides of the DNA molecule together.

Hydrogen Bond

300

What purpose does DNA serve in a cell?

Store and transmits genetic information

300

An enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA

Helicase

300

If a strand of DNA has 35% Cytosine, what percent will be Adenine? 

15%

300

The part of a nucleic acid that is different from the backbone

nitrogen bases

400

The sugar found in DNA is______. The sugar found in RNA  is ______________

Deoxyribose ; Ribose

400

Identify the parts of the nucleotide

1. Phosphate

2. Sugar

3. Nitrogen base

400

An enzyme responsible for the addition of new nucleotides along the daughter strand during replication of DNA.

DNA Polymerase

400

A section of DNA that codes for a protein.

Gene

500

Name the three components of the nucleotides that compose DNA.

sugar, nitrogen base, and phosphate

SNAP

500

What about DNA, specifically, determines the traits of an organism?

the order of bases

500

Semi-conservative is used to describe DNA because:

Each completed replicated strand contains one of the original strands of DNA and one new strand

500

Strong bonds that connect sugars to phosphates and nitrogen bases--bond the "backbone" of DNA and RNA

Covalent bond

600

What are Chargaff's (complementary) base pairing rules?

A-->T

C-->G

600

DNA is _____ stranded;   RNA is _____ stranded.

double; single

600

Why must DNA be replicated into an exact copy?

The DNA must be copied exactly so that the daughter cells get a complete and accurate copy of all genetic material.

700

1.Which nitrogen base is found in RNA, but not found in DNA?

2. Which base is found in DNA but not RNA?

1.Uracil

2. Thymine

700

The backbone molecules of DNA and RNA

Sugars and phosphates

700

The basic steps of DNA replication

1) Helicase unzips the helix

2) DNA polymerase adds new nucleotides to the original strand

3) Two identical DNA molecules are made.