DNA Flashcards
1
Q
What does Dna stand for
A
Deoxyribonucleic acod
2
Q
What is in dna
A
Coded information to make an organism work.
Chromsomes in pairs. Humans have 23 pairs of 46
3
Q
What is dna
A
a polymer made up of two strands in the shape of a double helix
4
Q
WHat is a gene
A
Small section of dna found in the chromosome
5
Q
What is the genome
A
Entire set of genetic material in an organism
6
Q
What is the structure of DNA
A
Sugar Phosphate backbone
Bases( Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine)
Nucleotides
7
Q
What do the order of bases in a gene decide
A
Order of amino acids in a protein
8
Q
Where are proteins made
A
In cytoplasm on ribosomes
9
Q
Three main functions of proteins
A
Enzymes, hormones, Structural proteins
