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DNA stands for…

A

Deoxyribonucleic acid

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What are the building blocks of life?

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Proteins

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DNA carries what?

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The heredity code to make proteins

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Where is DNA located?

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Nucleus

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DNA’s structure is what?

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Double helix/twisted ladder

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Structure of the DNA was determined by whom?

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Watson and Crick

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Basic unit of DNA

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Nucleotides

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Three types of nucleotides

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Deoxyribose sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogen base

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What are the nitrogen bases and how do they pair?

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Adenine-Thymine

Guanine-Cytosine

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What do hydrogen bonds do?

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Hold together nitrogen bases

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During what phase of interphase does replication occur?

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S

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What does the ribosome in the cell do?

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Makes proteins

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What does RNA stand for?

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Ribonucleic acid

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What is the form of RNA?

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Single stranded

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What does RNA contain?

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Ribose sugar

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In RNA, what are the four nitrogen bases?

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Adenine, uracil, cytosine, guanine

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What are the three types of RNA?

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Messenger (mRNA)
Transfer (tRNA)
Ribosomal (rRNA)

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What are the two parts to proteins synthesis?

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Transcription and translation

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Where does transcription happen and what is it?

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It happens in the nucleus of the cell and it is the process of forming RNA from DNA

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DNA _____ the _____, while RNA _____ the _____.

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Stores the information

Makes the protein

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What does Helicase do?

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Unzips and zips up DNA

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What is a group of three bases on mRNA that codes for an amino acid?

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Codon

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What makes up amino acids, and what do amino acids make up?

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Nucleic acids make up amino acids and amino acids make up proteins

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Where does translation happen and what is it?

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It happens in the ribosome and it is the making of protein from RNA

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Which form of RNA carries anticodons?

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tRNA

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What is a set of three bases on tRNA that compliments a codon on mRNA?

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anticodon

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What is a peptide?

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It holds amino acids together

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List the 2 steps of the replication process…

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DNA unzips

the bases attach to the open strands of DNA

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