DNA And The Production Of Proteins

Question 1

What is the shape of DNA called?

Answer 1

Double-stranded helix

Question 2

The DNA is made of many small….stacked on top of each other to form the DNA strands

Answer 2

Nucleotides

Question 3

How many strands are found in DNA?

Answer 3

Two

Question 4

What are the four bases in DNA?

Answer 4

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine

Question 5

The DNA bases have complementary pairs, explain what this means?

Answer 5

A and T, C and G bond together

Question 6

A DNA strand has 28% adenine bases, how many of each other bases will it have?

Answer 6

28% T, 22% G and 22% C

Question 7

The base…..determines the amino acid sequence in proteins

Answer 7

Sequence/order

Question 8

Two DIFFERENT animals both have the same percentage of ATCG, explain

Answer 8

The order/ sequence of bases is different

Question 9

A gene is a section of……that codes for a…..

Answer 9

DNA, Protein

Question 10

Where is mRNA made?

Answer 10

The nucleus

Question 11

mRNA travels from the nucleus to the…..

Answer 11

Ribosome

Site of protein synthesis which mRNA is used to make.

Question 12

What does mRNA do at the ribosome?

Answer 12

The ribosome turns the complementary copy of DNA into amino acids which make a protein