DNA and RNA

Question 1

chromosomes

Answer 1

a threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next

Question 2

double helix

Answer 2

the shape of DNA

Question 3

nitrogen bases

Answer 3

molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements that makes of the rungs (middle section) of DNA

Question 4

adenine

Answer 4

one of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated as A

Question 5

thymine

Answer 5

one of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated as T

Question 6

guanine

Answer 6

one of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated as G

Question 7

cytosine

Answer 7

one of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated as C

Question 8

gene

Answer 8

a section of a DNA molecule that contains the information to code for one specific protein

Question 9

dna replication

Answer 9

before a cell divides, the process in which dna copies itself

Question 10

RNA

Answer 10

the messenger that carries the genetic code from the DNA inside the nucleus to the cytoplasm (ribonucleic acis is also known as RNA)

Question 11

uracil

Answer 11

RNA contains uracil instead of thymine thats in DNA

Question 12

DNA

Answer 12

Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring