DNA/genes

Question 1

What are strands of DNA bundled into in a cell with a nucleus?

Answer 1

Chromosomes

Question 2

What is the relationship between genes and DNA?

Answer 2

DNA carries the genes.

Question 3

What is not true of DNA?

Answer 3

DNA is made up of 5 subunits.

Question 4

What does the rungs of the DNA ladder look like?

Answer 4

A pair of bases

Question 5

What are the subunits of DNA?

Answer 5

Nucleotides

Question 6

What are nucleotides made up of?

Answer 6

A sugar, phosphate, and base

Question 7

What are the pairs of DNA?

Answer 7

Adenine and Thymine

Cytosine and Guanine

Question 8

If there is 30% of Cytosine in a sample of DNA, there will be 20% of what?

Answer 8

Adenine

Question 9

Three bases code for one what?

Answer 9

Amino acid

Question 10

What is the complementary strand of a DNA sequence to TAGTCA?

Answer 10

ATCAGT

Question 11

What nitrogen base is not contained in DNA?

Answer 11

Uracil

Question 12

For a DNA molecule to be replicated, or copied, what does a DNA molecule do?

Answer 12

Splits down the middle

Question 13

What is the first step of DNA replication?

Answer 13

A strand of DNA splits down the middle

Question 14

What are the units of of protein which link together in a specific order?

Answer 14

Amino acids

Question 15

What carries the codes for making proteins?

Answer 15

RNA

Question 16

What is the first step of protein production?

Answer 16

RNA making a mirror-like copy of a DNA sequence

Question 17

What is a permanent change in the genetic makeup of a cell?

Answer 17

Mutation

Question 18

What can a mutation produce?

Answer 18

The wrong protein

Question 19

What is genome?

Answer 19

The genome is the entire set of DNA on chromosomes.
Human genomes are made up of 23 pairs, or 46 chromosomes.
Strawberries have a genome.
The genomes of humans and chimpanzees are 99% similar.

Question 20

How is RNA different than DNA?

Answer 20

RNA is a single helix; DNA is a double helix.
In RNA, the base U replaces base T.
RNA is found in the cytoplasm and ribosomes.
RNA possesses a ribose sugar.

Question 21

What cell part synthesizes proteins using messenger and transfer RNA?

Answer 21

Ribosomes

Question 22

What super scientist would be interested in how ribosomes, cytoplasm, and nucleus are involved in the process of protein synthesis and DNA replication?

Answer 22

Cell biologist

Question 23

What is protein synthesis?

Answer 23

To create, or manufacture proteins

Question 24

What scientist said the amount of Adenine equals the amount of Thymine in DNA?

Answer 24

Erwin Chargraff

Question 25

What scientist discovered the double helix shape of DNA in 1953?

Answer 25

James Watson

Question 26

What scientist secretly took information from one scientist and provide it to other scientists?

Answer 26

Maurice Wilkins

Question 27

What scientist used x-ray diffraction to determine that DNA has a spiral shape?

Answer 27

Rosalind Franklin

Question 28

What scientist died before being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their discovery of the shape of DNA?

Answer 28

Rosalind Franklin

Question 29

What scientist said the amount of Cytosine equals the amount of Guanine in DNA?

Answer 29

Erwin Chargraff