Basic Terminology
Genetic material found in nucleus
What is DNA
The organelle that contains all genetic information for a cell
What is the Nucleus?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is DNA?
The term for any living thing
What is an organism?
This animated series on Nickelodeon follows the adventures of a 10-year-old boy named Lincoln Loud and his ten sisters.
What is the Loud House?
A section of DNA that codes for a particular protein
What is a gene?
The "open" area of the cell where no other organelles are
What is the cytoplasm?
The name of the building blocks of DNA
What are nucleotides?
The process by which carbon dioxide, water and sunlight become glucose and oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
In this Netflix series, a group of kids in a small town encounter supernatural phenomena and embark on a quest to uncover the truth behind mysterious occurrences.
What is Stranger Things?
Passed on from parent to child through DNA
What is hereditary?
The organelle responsible for the production of proteins
What is the ribosome?
What are adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine?
The process by which cells make their own ATP from glucose and oxygen
What is cellular respiration?
In this animated series on Cartoon Network, a boy teams up with his magical talking dog to protect the Land of Ooo from various villains and creatures.
What is Adventure Time?
The process where chains of amino acids are combined to make proteins based on instructions in DNA
What is protein synthesis?
The two organelles found only in plant cells
What are the cell wall and chloroplasts?
The name of the process within protein synthesis that is responsible for creating an mRNA copy of a specific gene meant to be turned into a protein
What is transcription?
What a group of cells is called
What is a tissue?
This Apple TV+ comedy-drama series, starring Jason Sudeikis, follows the journey of an American football coach who moves to England to coach a soccer team, despite having no experience in the sport.
What is Ted Lasso?
When DNA from one organism is inserted into DNA from another organism
What is Genetic Engineering?
The organelle responsible for storage of wastes and nutrients
What is the vacuole?
The process within protein synthesis that is responsible for the reading and converting the mRNA strand into a chain of amino acids
What is translation?
The three total human reproductive hormones
What are testosterone, progesterone and estrogen?
This animated series on Cartoon Network follows the adventures of a boy and his shape-shifting best friend as they protect their city from various villains.
What is Ben 10?