DNA

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 2

RNA

Answer 2

Ribonucleic Acid

Question 3

What are RNA and DNA made of?

Answer 3

Nucleic acid chains

Question 4

Nucleic acid parts

Answer 4

pentose sugar, base and phosphate

Question 5

Pyrimidines

Answer 5

Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil

Question 6

Purines

Answer 6

Adenine, Guamine

Question 7

DNA bases

Answer 7

A,C,G, T

Question 8

RNA bases

Answer 8

A, C, G, U

Question 9

Nucleoside

Answer 9

sugar and a base

Question 10

anti codon

Answer 10

a sequence of three nucleotides forming a unit of genetic code in a transfer RNA molecule

Question 11

Codon

Answer 11

a sequence of three nucleotides which form a unit of genetic code from RNA or DNA

Question 12

Protein Synthesis

Answer 12

the creation of proteins through DNA, RNA and other systems

Question 13

Transcription

Answer 13

a DNA template is used to produce RNA

Question 14

Activation

Answer 14

molecules of tRNA pick up specific amino acids according to their amino acids

Question 15

Translation

Answer 15

a start codon binds to the first tRNA and then they follow along the chain as the attach and detach to other codons following base pais

Question 16

Chain Termination

Answer 16

the protein is released from the ribosome

Question 17

Mutation

Answer 17

Change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA

Question 18

Point Mutation

Answer 18

replacement of one base in the template strand of DNA with another

Question 19

Silent Mutation

Answer 19

no change in amino acid sequence

Question 20

Deletion mutation

Answer 20

a base is deleted from the normal order of bases

Question 21

insertion mutation

Answer 21

base is inserted into the normal order of bases