Unit 5 (B6.C) Nucleic Acids and Proteins

The Structure of DNA

100

These are the components of nucleotides that make up the "backbone" of DNA and RNA strands.

sugar-phosphate

200

Double Jeopardy: These are the full names of the nitrogenous bases found in DNA.

Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, Adenine

300

RNA replaces thymine with this alternative nitrogenous base.

uracil

400

Triple Jeopardy: This force of attraction holds the strands of DNA together, reinforcing the double helix shape.

hydrogen bonding

500

Quadruple Jeopardy: This designation describes what is hanging off the ends of DNA/RNA, either the sugar or the phosphate group.

5' (sugar) and 3' (phosphate group)

Transcription

100

Double Jeoaprdy: This is the purpose of transcription.

Convert DNA into mRNA

200

These are the three types of RNA.

mRNA, tRNA, rRNA

300

Double Jeopardy: This is the mRNA sequence generated from a DNA strand of TAT ATC GGC.

AUA UAG CCG

400

This is the DNA sequence that transcibed the following mRNA: UCC CGA AUA

AGG GCT TAT

500

Quadruple Jeopardy: This type of RNA is used as a structural component of ribosomes.

rRNA

Translation

100

Quadruple Jeopardy: These are a few words describing the product(s) of translation.

protein, polypeptide, amino acid chain, etc

200

This term describes the group of three nucleotides that identifies the amino acid to be used in a protein.

codon

300

This is the amino acid translated from the following mRNA strand: UCA

Serine (Ser)

400

Triple Jeopardy: This is the mRNA sequence responsible for the polypeptide chain of Met-Tyr-Met

AUG UAU (or UAC) AUG

500

Quadruple Jeopardy: This is the tRNA strand derived from the DNA sequence TTT TCG GGG

UUU UCG GGG

Mutations

100

These are the four types of mutations.

substitution, insertion, deletion, nonsense

200

This type of mutation has a high chance of shifting the codons of an mRNA sequence (making it a more dangerous type of mutation).

Insertion or deletion

300

This type of mutation results in a premature stop codon.

Nonsense

400

Double Jeopardy: This is the type of mutation that changed the DNA sequence from GGG CGC to GGG CCC.

Substitution

500

This mutation caused the DNA to change from AAA AAA AAA to AAA AAA AA

Deletion

Wayback Wednesday

100

These are the two types of eukaryotic cells.

Plant and Animal

200

Triple Jeopardy: This term describes the maintaining of balance of cellular processes via self-regulation

homeostasis

300

This cellular organelle is the site of cellular respiration.

Mitochondria

400

This step in the Scientific Method is known as an educated guess to the problem/question.

hypothesis

500

Quadruple Jeopardy: This is the Proficiency Scale we are testing on tomorrow.

6C