Biology

Question 1

what does mRNA stand for?

Answer 1

Messenger RNA

Question 2

What does tRNA stand for?

Answer 2

Transfer RNA

Question 3

Who are the 4 scientists who discovered the double helix structure?

Answer 3

Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, James Watson, Francis Crick (1953)

Question 4

what does DNA stand for?

Answer 4

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 5

what are the building blocks of DNA?

Answer 5

Nucleotides

Question 6

what are the 4 nitrogen bases?

Answer 6

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

Question 7

What are purines?

Answer 7

Double rings, Adenine and guanine

Question 8

What are pyrimidines?

Answer 8

One ring, Thymine and Cytosine

Question 9

What is the backbone of DNA made of?

Answer 9

phosphate groups and 5 carbon sugars

Question 10

What is the start codon and what amino acid does it code for?

Answer 10

AUG, Methionine

Question 11

What is replication?

Answer 11

when DNA makes a copy of itself

Question 12

What is trancription?

Answer 12

code of DNA is copied onto RNA

Question 13

What is translation?

Answer 13

Proteins are made by ribosomes which reads the RNA

Question 14

What does rRNA stand for?

Answer 14

Ribosomal RNA

Question 15

what is the shape of DNA?

Answer 15

A double helix