DNA and the production of proteins

Question 1

What is the structure of of DNA

Answer 1

Double stranded helix with complementary base pairs

Question 2

What does DNA carry

Answer 2

The genetic information for making proteins

Question 3

What are the four bases

Answer 3

Adenosine, cytosine, guanine, thymine

Question 4

What bases go together

Answer 4

A-T and C-G

Question 5

What is the sequence of bases along a strand

Answer 5

Genetic code

Question 6

What does the sequence of bases determine

Answer 6

Amino acid sequence in protein

Question 7

What is a gene

Answer 7

A section of DNA that codes for proteins

Question 8

What is mRNA

Answer 8

A molecule that carries a complementary copy of the genetic code from the DNA in the nucleus to a ribosome where the protein is assembled from amino acids