1.3 DNA

Question 1

What does DNA carry

Answer 1

Genetic information for making proteins

Question 2

What shape is DNA

Answer 2

A double stranded helix

Question 3

What are the strands held together by

Answer 3

Complimentary pairs

Question 4

How many bases are found in DNA

Answer 4

Four

Question 5

Base pairing rule

Answer 5

Adenine (A) always pairs with Thymine (T)
Guanine (G) always pairs with Cytosine (C)

Question 6

Ways to remember pairs

Answer 6

Toffee Apples and Golf Courses
Thor + Asgard and Gifted = Chris

Question 7

The information within DNA codes for molecules called

Answer 7

Proteins

Question 8

What section of DNA are proteins in

Answer 8

Genes

Question 9

What are proteins made up of

Answer 9

Sub units called amino acids

Question 10

Five proteins

Answer 10

Hormone
Antibody
Enzyme
Receptors
Structural

Question 11

What is the function of a hormone

Answer 11

They carry chemical messages around the body

Question 12

What is the function of an antibody

Answer 12

They are part of the immune system, they help to fight off pathogens

Question 13

What is the function of an enzyme

Answer 13

They speed up chemical reactions in a cell without being used up

Question 14

What is the function of a receptor

Answer 14

They are found in the surface of cells and are specific to and bind proteins

Question 15

What is the function of a structural protein

Answer 15

They help to form structural parts of the body

Question 16

How many bases in DNA code for an amino acids

Answer 16

Three

Question 17

What are three bases called

Answer 17

A codon

Question 18

Protein synthesis

Answer 18

mRNA carried a complimentary copy of the generic code from the DNA in the nucleus

mRNA carries the copy of DNA from the nucleus to the ribosome

Proteins are assembled from amino acids

Question 19

Where are proteins synthesised

Answer 19

In the ribosome

Question 20

What carries the complimentary bases

Answer 20

mRNA