Cell Cycle
DNA/RNA
Genetics
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Mr. Williamsons STEM Mystery
100

DNA is replicated in this phase of the cell cycle.

S phase

100

The shape of a DNA strand.

A double helix

100

He is the father of genetics.

Gregor Mendel

100

The stage of mitosis when the chromosomes line up down the middle of the cell.

Metaphase

100

This planet has the most moons.

Jupiter

200

The phase of the cell cycle that the cell spends most of its time in.

Interphase

200

A nucleotide is made up of nitrogen bases, phosphates, and this.

Sugars (deoxyribose or ribose)

200

This is the name for a portion of chromosome that codes for genetic info.

A gene

200

Thymine is replaced in RNA by this nitrogen base.

Uracil

200

This is where your taste buds are located.

Tongue, Esophagus, Cheek, or All of these.

Tongue, Esophagus, and Cheek

300

This is the phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes have split and are being pulled away from the center, toward either side of the cell.

Anaphase

300

This is the base pair rule. (what nitrogen bases must connect)

A-T

C-G

300

The name for a trait that blocks another trait from being shown.

Dominant

300

This is the name for the complete splitting of a cell immediately following PMAT.

Cytokinesis

300

Of the following, this species has/had the largest brain.

Rhinoceros, Neanderthal, Gorilla, or Human.

Neanderthal

400

The cell dividing into two daughter cells occurs during this stage of the cell cycle.

Mitosis

400

RNA takes information from the nucleus and uses it to create this building block for the body.

Protein

400

The name for different forms of the same trait.

An allele

400

This is what Gregor Mendel used to study genetics.

Pea plants

400

The smallest bones in your body are found here.

Nose, Toes, Eyes, or Middle Ear

Middle Ear

500

Meiosis results in 4 gametes. This is the number of chromosomes inside each gamete.

23

500

These are the names of the four nitrogen bases found in DNA.

Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, and Guanine

500

Traits that are the contain the same alleles. (Ex. BB or bb)

Homozygous

500

This is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype.

Genotype: Genetic information represented by letters

Phenotype: The physical expression of a gene

500

This is the inventor of the first battery.

Benjamin Franklin, Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, or Nikola Tesla.

Alessandro Volta