DAY 3

Question 1

Mutation

Answer 1

insertion, deletion, or substitution in a DNA sequence

Question 2

DNA

Answer 2

carries genetic information from parent cell or parents’ egg and sperm cells

Question 3

Nucleotide

Answer 3

a component of DNA that consists of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base

Question 4

Nitrogen Base

Answer 4

a component of the nucleotide and pairs with a complimentary form from another nucleotide

Question 5

RNA

Answer 5

nucleic acid that uses genetic information from DNA to produce proteins

Question 6

Triplet (or Codon)

Answer 6

formed from a sequence of three nucleotides and specify one of twenty different amino acids

Question 7

Protein

Answer 7

a molecule made from an amino acid chain that performs a specific task

Question 8

Amino Acid

Answer 8

a carbon-hydrogen-oxygen-nitrogen molecule created from a specific triplet sequence

Question 9

Transcription

Answer 9

process that copies DNA’s genetic information into messenger RNA

Question 10

Translation

Answer 10

process by which a protein is made from mRNA and occurs within a cell’s ribosome

Question 11

Genetic Code

Answer 11

language of triplets that is common to all organisms