DNA
What does DNA stand for?
What is DeoxyriboseNucleicAcid
What is the sugar in RNA?
What is ribose
Where does transcription take place?
What is inside the nucleus
Where does translation take place?
What is on a ribosome?
Where do all cells come from?
Other cells
What are the nucleotide bases that go together?
What is : A goes with T and C goes with G
How many strands is RNA?
One
Transcription is going from what to what?
DNA ---> RNA
Translation is going from what to what?
RNA ---> Protein
What are the two major types of cells?
What are eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
Who is credited with discovering DNA?
What is James Watson and Francis Crick
What are the nucleotide bases in RNA?
What are: UACG
What nucleotide replaces Thymine in RNA?
What is Uracil
What is a gene?
What is a segment of DNA
What cell structure serves as the atmosphere of the cell and surrounds all the cell structures?
What is the cytoplasm
What are the three components of DNA?
What are: Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, and bases
What does the M in mRNA stand for?
what is Messenger
What makes up the backbone of the DNA ladder?
What is phosphate and sugars
Before you can translate a sequence you have to break the mRNA into _________ (Hint: 3 nucleotide bases)
What is a CODON
What does specialization mean?
Different cells do different jobs so the organism can survive?
In a DNA sample there is 30% Guanine. What are the percentages of the other nucleotide bases?
What is: C= 30%, T=20%, A= 20%
Why can RNA enter the nucleus during transcription?
Because it is single stranded and small enough to enter through the nuclear pores
Transcribe the following sequence: ATCGGAT
What is UAGCCUA
What is the purpose of transcription/translation?
What is: To take the information on the DNA and use it to express our traits
What are the three cell structures only found in plants?
What are: Large Vacuole, Cytoplasm, and Chloroplast