Vocabulary
Asexual Reproduction
Protein Synthesis
DNA
Mitosis
100

What does reproduce mean?

To make new organisms of the same species

100
How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction to occur?
Only 1 parent cell is needed
100

Which process of protein synthesis makes a copy of the DNA?

What is replication.

100

What is the shape of DNA?

What is double helix. 

100

During which stage do cells spend most of their time?

What is interphase.

200

What is a section of DNA called?

What is a gene.

200
Are the daughter cells exactly the same as or different from the parent cells?
Exactly the same (identical copies)
200

What are the two types of RNA and their roles?

mRNA -  messenger RNA - tells which amino acid to send

tRNA - transfer RNA - actually transports the amino acid 

200

What makes up the center/steps of the DNA ladder?

What are base pairs.

200

What are the four stages of Mitosis?

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase. 

300

What makes up a nucleotide?

What is a phosphate, a sugar, and nitrogen base.

300
Name the four types of asexual reproduction.
Binary Fission, Budding, Fragmentation/Regeneration, Vegetative Propagation
300

Which organelle is responsible for synthesizing protein?

What are the ribosomes.

300

How do the nitrogen bases pair up?

What is adenine bonds to thymine and cytosine bonds to guanine.

300

During this stage of Mitosis the chromosomes condense. 

What is prophase. 

400

What makes up a chromosome and where is located?

What is tightly wound DNA and located in the nucleus. 
400
Which type of asexual reproduction do most bacteria use?
Binary Fission
400

Why does RNA need to be made (What can RNA do that DNA can't do)?

 What is RNA is made because DNA is not allowed to leave the nucleus.

400

What does DNA stand for?

What is deoxyribose nucleic acid.

400

During this phase of mitosis the chromatids are pulled apart by the spindle fibers.

What is anaphase. 

500
What do we call the new organism or organisms made during reproduction?
Daughter Cells or Offspring
500
Which type of asexual reproduction do plants generally use?
Vegetative Propagation
500

During transcription what base pair does Adenine bond with?

What is uracil.

500

What is the enzyme responsible for assembling nucleotides? 

What is polymerase. 

500

How many cells are produced at the end of mitosis and are they identical or different from the parent cell?

Two identical cells are produced.