B3-Molecules Of Life

Question 0

All cells contain a cell membrane. What is this?

Answer 0

It allows movement in and out of the cell

Question 1

All cells contain a cytoplasm. What is this?

Answer 1

Where chemical reactions take place

Question 2

All cells contain a nucleus. What is this?

Answer 2

It contains genetic information and controls the cell

Question 3

All cells contain a mirochondria. What is this?

Answer 3

Where respiration takes place

Question 4

What do chromosones do?

Answer 4

Carry genetic information in the form of genes

Question 5

What does a genetic code do?

Answer 5

Controls cell activity

Question 6

What does the DNA in a cell form a complete set of instructions for?

Answer 6

How the organism should work/ be constructed

Question 7

What are the instructions carried by?

Answer 7

Genes/chromosones

Question 8

What are chromosomes?

Answer 8

Long coiled molecules of DNA

Question 9

How many pairs of chromosomes do human cells have?

Answer 9

23

Question 10

What does DNA control the production of?

Answer 10

Proteins which help with growth and repair

Question 11

What are the four bases in DNA? (Base pairing)

Answer 11

A-T C-G G-C T-A

Question 12

Where are proteins made?

Answer 12

In the cytoplasm

Question 13

Why is a copy of the gene made?

Answer 13

The actual gene can’t leave the nucleus

Question 14

What do the sequence of bases represent?

Answer 14

The order in which the cell should assemble amino acids to make the protein

Question 15

What does the DNA control?

Answer 15

Protein production (some are enzymes)

Question 16

What do gametes control?

Answer 16

Individual chromosomes

Question 17

Where are the ribosomes found?

Answer 17

In the cytoplasm (the site of protein synthesis)

Question 18

What do 3 bases make?

Answer 18

1 amino acid in a protein chain