Chapter 11 DNA

Question 0

The shape of two strands twisted together

Answer 0

Double helix

Question 1

A carbon ring structure that contains one or more atoms of nitrogen

Answer 1

Nitrogen base

Question 2

The process in which DNA in the chromosomes is copied

Answer 2

DNA replication

Question 3

Brings information from the DNA in the nucleus to the cell’s factory floor, the cytoplasm

Answer 3

Messenger RNA

Question 4

Ribosomes made up of —– clamp onto the mRNA and use it’s information to assemble the amino acids in the correct order

Answer 4

Ribosomal RNA

Question 5

Transports amino acids to the ribosome to be assembled into a protein

Answer 5

Transfer RNA

Question 6

The process in which enzymes make an RNA copy of a portion of a DNA strand

Answer 6

Transcription

Question 7

The name for each set or three nitrogen bases in mRNA coding for an amino acid

Answer 7

Codon

Question 8

The process of converting the information in a sequence of nitrogen bases in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids that make up a protein

Answer 8

Translation

Question 9

Any change in the DNA sequence that also changes the protein it codes for

Answer 9

Mutation

Question 10

A change in a single base pair in DNA

Answer 10

Point mutation

Question 11

A mutation in which a single base is added or deleted from DNA

Answer 11

Frameshift mutation

Question 12

Changes in chromosomes

Answer 12

Chromosomal mutations

Question 13

Any agent that can cause a change in DNA

Answer 13

Mutagen