DNA + Protein Production

Question 0

What are chromosomes?

Answer 0

Thread-like structures found in the nucleus which carry genetic information

Question 1

What is a chemical made of a long chain of amino acids?

Answer 1

Protein

Question 2

What is a gene?

Answer 2

A section of a chromosome which codes for a single protein

Question 3

What is the molecule from which genes are made?

Answer 3

DNA

Question 4

What is the term used to describe the shape of a DNA molecule?

Answer 4

Double helix

Question 5

What are bases?

Answer 5

Parts of the DNA molecule which pair up with one another

Question 6

What is the base found on DNA which is represented by the letter A?

Answer 6

Adenine

Question 7

What is the base found on DNA which is represented by the letter C?

Answer 7

Cytosine

Question 8

What is the base found on DNA which is represented by the letter G?

Answer 8

Guanine

Question 9

What is the base found on DNA which is represented by the letter T?

Answer 9

Thymine

Question 10

What is the type of pairing that hold the two DNA strands together?

Answer 10

Complementary base pairing

Question 11

What is the genetic code?

Answer 11

The sequence of bases in a gene

Question 12

What is the term for a set of 3 bases which codes for one amino acid?

Answer 12

Triplet

Question 13

What is mRNA?

Answer 13

A molecule which carries a copy of the genetic code to the ribosomes

Question 14

What are ribosomes?

Answer 14

Structures found in the cytoplasm and on the endoplasmic reticulum where protein synthesis occurs

Question 15

What is a DNA molecule made up of?

Answer 15

Four bases: adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine