DNA and RNA

Question 1

What does DNA stand for

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question 2

Chromosomes

Answer 2

Consists of protein and DNA
Found in nucleus

Question 3

DNA

Answer 3

> Discovered by Watson and Crick
Double Helix (twisted ladder)
Made up of nucleotides
-Each one made up of 3 parts
1. Phosphate
2. Deoxyribose Sugar (Carbohydrate)
3. Nitrogenous Base

Question 4

Nucleotide

Answer 4

PHOSPHATE - SUGAR - BASE

Question 5

Nitrogenous Base

Answer 5

Four bases: Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C)

Each base has a Complementary Base

Nitrogenous Bases are connected by hydrogen bonds

Question 6

Complimentary Bases

Answer 6

Each base can only join to a particular base

Adenine - Thymine
Guanine - Cytosine

P = Phosphate
D = Deoxyribose

P-D-A-T (Two Bonds)
P-D-T-A (Two Bonds)
P-D-G-C (Three Bonds)
P-D-C-G (Three Bonds)

Question 7

Types Of Nitrogen Bases

Answer 7

—> P[y]rimidines - th[y]mine and c[y]tosine

…(Y in both T and C)

—> Purines - Adenine and Guanine

Question 8

Genetic Code

Answer 8

Sequence of bases in DNA that provide the instruction for a cell, using RNA, to form a protein

Question 9

Triplet (codon)