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1
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There are 4 nitrogen base pairs for DNA

A

Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine

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What did Watson and Crick propose?

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The double helix

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The process of making another strand of DNA is

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Replication

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4
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A nucleotide has what?

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Phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base

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What did Ms. Franklin do with DNA?

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She helped with understanding of it with x-rays

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There are 4 nitrogen bases for RNA

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Adenine, uracil, guanine, and cytosine

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What is the sugar in RNA?

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Deoxyribose

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What is it called when you make a copy of RNA off of DNA?

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Transcription

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What is it called when you make protein from RNA?

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Translation

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10
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How many amino acids are there?

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20

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11
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How many combinations of RNA bases are there?

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64

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What kind of bond holds proteins together?

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Peptide bonds

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What kind of bond holds DNA together?

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Hydrogen bonds

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14
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Where are proteins made in the cell?

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Ribosome

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Where is mRNA made in the cell?

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Nucleus

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What is the job of mRNA?

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Carries directions to the ribosomes for what proteins need to be made

17
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What is the job of rRNA?

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Used to make ribosomes

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What is the job of tRNA?

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Brings the amino acids to the ribosome to match to the mRNA

19
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What is the shape of DNA?

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Double helix

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What is a codon?

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Set of three nitrogen bases on mRNA

21
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What is an anticodon?

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Set of three nitrogen bases on tRNA

22
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How many stop codons are there?

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3

23
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How many start codons are there?

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1

24
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What is the directions to make DNA?

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Proteins

25
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How do the nitrogen bases in DNA pair?

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A-T C-G

26
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How do the nitrogen bases in RNA pair?

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A-U C-G

27
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ATC TCA CGA

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TAG AGT CGT

28
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ATC CGA TAG

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UAG GCU AUC

29
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What is a nucleotide?

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Building blocks of DNA

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