DNA Structure and Replication
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Biotechnology
Hal's Favorite Animal
Science words that start with H
100

The complementary base to Thymine is ________

The complementary base to Cytosine is ________

Adenine

Guanine

100

What molecule is produced through Transcription?

mRNA

100

What molecule is produced through Translation?

Protein

100

What molecules are used to cut DNA molecules at specific spots?

Restriction Enzymes

100

What shark has eyes that are located on long extensions on either side of its head?

Hammerhead

100

Refers to a consistent state of balance

Homeostasis

200

What is the building block of a nucleic acid (DNA and RNA)

Nucleotide

200

What is the cellular site of transcription?

(Hint: it is an organelle)

Nucleus

200

What is the cellular site of translation?

(Hint: it is an organelle)

Ribosome

200
The DNA from a body cell is removed and placed into an egg cell that has had its DNA already removed.  The resulting egg cell is stimulated to divide, and is then placed in a surrogate mother organism.  What is this process called?

Cloning

200

What is the largest fish?

(Its also the largest shark)

Whale Shark

200

A testable statement

Hypothesis

300

Before what cellular process does the replication of DNA have to occur?

Mitosis or Meiosis

300

Transcribe mRNA from the following DNA strand ...

AACTTGG

UUGAACC

300

mRNA is read in codons.  How many RNA bases does a codon consist of?

3

300

What is the name of this process?

Electrophoresis

300

Shark skeletons are made mostly of ________

Cartilage

300

DNA is a double ...

Helix

400

Name 3 structural differences between RNA and DNA

RNA has uracil / DNA has thymine

RNA is single stranded / DNA double stranded

RNA contains ribose

400

Only certain sections of DNA are used to generate mRNA during Transcription.  These sections of DNA code for proteins.  What do we call these sections of DNA?

Genes

400

What molecule has the anticodon and is used to "read" the mRNA at the ribosomes?

tRNA

400

What process involves removing a gene from one species and implanting the gene in the cells of another species?

Genetic Engineering

400

What is the largest shark that can tolerate fresh water?

Bull Shark

400

The type of bond that holds together strands of DNA

Hydrogen

500

When DNA replicates it "unwinds" at the center of the molecule by using this enzyme.

DNA Helicase

500

What enzyme is responsible for Transcription?

RNA Polymerase

500

What is the central dogma of Biology?

DNA -> RNA -> Protein

500

What incredibly accurate genetic engineering technique has replaced the use of restriction enzymes?

CRISPR

500

What animals are the closest evolutionary relatives to sharks?

Rays

500

DNA is wrapped around these proteins

Histone