biology ch 12

Question 1

nucleotide

Answer 1

monomers that make up DNA

Question 2

double helix

Answer 2

two strands wound around each other

Question 3

replication

Answer 3

THE PROCESS OF MAKING COPIES Of DNA

Question 4

DNA polymerase

Answer 4

enzyme responsible for DNA replication

Question 5

functions of nucleic acid

Answer 5

they’re macromolecules that store or transmit RNA - genetic information

Question 6

three different pars of a nucleotide

Answer 6

1. 5 carbon sugars
2. phosphate group
3. nitrogenous bases

Question 7

4 possible nitrogenous bases that a nucleotide can have for DNA.

Answer 7

ademne, thymine, cytosine, and guanine

Question 8

Which of the nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines?

Answer 8

thymine and cytosine

Question 9

Know which nitrogenous base pairs bind together according to complementary base pairing; Understand how this is supported by Chargaff’s rules.

Answer 9

A=T

C=G

Question 10

TCGACATGATTACACGGC

Answer 10

AGCTGTACTAATGTGCCG

Question 11

James Watson

Answer 11

put everything together

Question 12

francis crick

Answer 12

worked out the math

Question 13

rosalind franklin

Answer 13

took x-ray pictures of what DNA structures looked like

Question 14

maurice wilkins

Answer 14

what the dna is shaped like - twisted ladder

Question 15

erwin chargaff

Answer 15

discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure

Question 16

Linus Pauling

Answer 16

discovered that the amounts of adenine and thymine in DNA were roughly the same, as were the amounts of cytosine and guanine

Question 17

which are purines

Answer 17

Ademne + Guanine are purines