biology quiz- DNA Replication Flashcards

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1
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what are the backbones to a DNA ?

A

deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

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2
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what are their names?
a - t
c - g

A

adenine - thymine
cytosine - guanine

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3
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what is a nucleo tide made up of

A

deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, one base

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4
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what are the bases?

A

adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine

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5
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explain the process of breaking replicating DNA

A

1) helicase, enzyme, unzips original DNA
2) all free bases connect with each other
3) polymerase, enzyme, helps line up the bases and proof reads them. Also connects the new bases with the old bases
4) two identical DNA’s

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6
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what does the primer do

A

starts the point for replication

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7
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what bond connects the bases together

A

hydrogen

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8
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what type of bond connect the deoxyribose sugars to the phosphate groups?

A

nitrogen

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9
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Whats the shape of a DNA

A

double helix

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10
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who found out/helped find out about DNA

A

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Francis Crick

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11
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enzyme thing (easp)

A

enzyme, activation site, substrate, product

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12
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what is a DNA

A

a strand of nucleo tides

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13
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what makes you, you?

A

the order of the bases

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