DNA
Vocabulary
Cell Division
Asexual Reproduction
Box of Wonder
100
The shape of DNA can be described as
What is a double helix.
100
The role of a chromosome is to..
What is store and transmit genetic information.
100
The primary purpose of interphase is?
What is make a copy of the DNA.
100
When a starfish's arm grows back after it has been removed..
What is regeneration.
100
During normal mitotic cell division, a parent cell having four chromosomes will produce two daughter cells, each containing...
What is 4?
200
DNA is copied through a process called?
What is replication.
200
When there is an alteration made within the DNA this is called a...
What is mutation.
200
What happens to the DNA when a cell divides?
What is each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the parents DNA.
200
What type of asexual reproduction is found in bacteria?
What is binary fission?
200
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribose-Nucleic-Acid.
300
How many different nitrogenous bases are there and what are there names?
What is four. What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine.
300
When the cytoplasm splits a cell into two, this is called..
What is cytokineses.
300
What is the proper sequence of the phases of cell cycle?
What is interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis.
300
What is it called when the offspring are identical to the parent plant?
What is a clone.
300
What kind of macromolecule is DNA?
What is a nucleic acid.
400
During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases TCG-ACGT produces a strand with the bases
What is AGC-TGCA.
400
A disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth.
What is Cancer?
400
The division of the cell nucleus...
What is Mitosis?
400
When raw potatoes begin to sprout roots it is called..
What is budding?
400
A scientist is trying to discover a new treatment to stop cancer cells from dividing. In the cancer cells, what process will be stopped if the treatment is successful?
What is Mitosis.
500
What are three parts of a nucleotide?
What is Deoxyribose, phosphate, and nitrogenous base.
500
The division of the cell nucleus...
What is Mitosis?
500
Cells exposed to radiation damages DNA which may
What is cause cancer.
500
Bacteria reproduce by splitting into two. Some can do this every ___________ and so can grow very quickly.
What is every 20 minutes.
500
A man cuts some stems from several plants that are growing in his garden. He places the stems in wet sand until they grow roots, and then he transplants them to new pots. This method of reproducing plants is most like..
What is asexual reproduction?