DNA

Question 0

What shape is DNA?

Answer 0

A double helix

Question 1

What are the complementary base pairs for DNA?

Answer 1

AT

GC

Question 2

What does DNA do?

Answer 2

It carries the genetic code

Question 3

What are the building blocks of DNA?

Answer 3

Nucleotides

Question 4

What is a nucleotide made up of?

Answer 4

A phosphate group
A (deoxyribose) sugar
A nitrogenous base

Question 5

Where is DNA located?

Answer 5

In the nucleus

Question 6

What is the site of protein synthesis?

Answer 6

The endoplasmic reticulum/ ribosomes

Question 7

Name the 4 DNA bases

Answer 7

Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine

Question 8

Name the 4 mRNA bases

Answer 8

Adenine
Uracil
Guanine
Cytosine

Question 9

What are the complementary base pairs for mRNA?

Answer 9

AU

GC

Question 10

Why do we need mRNA?

Answer 10

To make a copy of the code and travel to the ribosomes as DNA is too big to get out of the nucleus

Question 11

What is transcription?

Answer 11

When the code on the DNA is copied in the nucleus

Question 12

What is translation?

Answer 12

The amino acids match up with the bases then form a chain of protein

Question 13

What is a triplet of bases called?

Answer 13

A codon

Question 14

Where does translation take place?

Answer 14

In the cytoplasm at the ribosome

Question 15

What does tRNA do?

Answer 15

It brings the matching amino acids with the other half of the code to the mRNA codons during translation