DNA and RNA

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

The passing on of features from parents to offspring by means of genes

Question 2

Gene

Answer 2

Section of DNA that causes the production of a protein

Question 3

Gene expression

Answer 3

The way in which the genetic information in a gene is decoded in the cell and used to make a protein

Question 4

Characteristics

Answer 4

Traits or features that are inherited genetically

Question 5

Non-coding DNA

Answer 5

DNA that does not code for a protein

Question 6

Genetic code

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Triplet/codon

Answer 7

Sequence of 3 bases in DNA/RNA that act as a code for an amino acid

Question 8

DNA profile

Answer 8

Method of making a unique pattern of bands from the DNA of a person which can be used to compare to the DNA profile of another person

Question 9

Forensic medicine

Answer 9

The way in which medical knowledge is used in legal situations

Question 10

Genetic screening

Answer 10

Testing DNA for the presence or absence of a particular gene

Question 11

Transcription

Answer 11

Copying a sequence of genetic bases from DNA onto messenger RNA

Question 12

Translation

Answer 12

Conversion of a sequence of genetic bases on messenger RNA into a sequence of amino acids

Question 13

Purines

Answer 13

Adenine and Guanine

Question 14

Pyrimidines

Answer 14

Thymine and guanine

Question 15

Anticodon

Answer 15

Sequence of 3 bases on tRNA that are complementary to a sequence of 3 bases on mRNA

Question 16

Dominant

Answer 16

Allele that prevents the recessive allele from being expressed