DNA

Question 1

Anticodon

Answer 1

the triplet of bases on tRNA

Question 2

chromatin network

Answer 2

tangled network of chromosomes located within the nucleus

Question 3

codon

Answer 3

the triplet of 3 consecutive bases on mRNA

Question 4

cytosine

Answer 4

the base that pairs with guanine

Question 5

DNA

Answer 5

Nucleic acid that is a constituent of chromosomes

Question 6

DNA replication

Answer 6

production of identical copies of DNA

Question 7

Double Helix

Answer 7

natural shape of a DNA molecule

Question 8

Extra-nuclear DNA

Answer 8

DNA that only occurs outside the nucleus such as in mitochondria and chloroplast

Question 9

gene

Answer 9

segment of a chromosome that codes for a particular protein

Question 10

hydrogen bonds

Answer 10

bonds by which base pairs are linked in DNA

Question 11

interphase

Answer 11

phase of the cell cycle during which DNA replication occurs

Question 12

messenger RNA

Answer 12

Molecule containing information for protein synthesis in its codons

Question 13

non-coding DNA

Answer 13

sections of DNA that do not carry a code for protein

Question 14

Nucleotide

Answer 14

building blocks consisting of sugar , phosphate and nitrogen base

Question 15

nucleus

Answer 15

site of DNA replication and transcription

Question 16

peptide bond

Answer 16

bond formed between 2 amino acids

Question 17

ribosome

Answer 17

site of synthesis of proteins by the combination of amino acids

Question 18

RNA

Answer 18

single stranded nucleic acid

Question 19

Template

Answer 19

strand of DNA used to form either another strand of DNA or mRNA