DNA + RNA

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

`Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 2

RNA

Answer 2

Ribonucleic acid

Question 3

Heredity

Answer 3

Traits are passed from one generation to another

Question 4

Genetic code

Answer 4

information carried on DNA

Question 5

Gene

Answer 5

short sequence of DNA that codes for the production of a protein

Question 6

On DNA there is

Answer 6

coding and non coding regions

Question 7

DNA is made up of

Answer 7

two strands held together by four bases, then twisted into a double helix shape

Question 8

4 nitrogenous bases

Answer 8

Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)

Question 9

A is double bonded to

Answer 9

T

Question 10

C is triple bonded to

Answer 10

G

Question 11

Nucleotide

Answer 11

when a base is attached to a phosphate on one end and a sugar on the other

Question 12

Purines

Answer 12

A and G (attorney general is pure)

Question 13

T and C

Answer 13

Pyrimidines

Question 14

Codon

Answer 14

codes for a specific amino acid

Question 15

Replication

Answer 15

occurs at end of interphase

Question 16

helicase

Answer 16

Unwinds DNA to expose bases

Question 17

DNA profiling

Answer 17

DNA isolation
Cutting into fragments using restriction enzymes
separation using gel electrophoresis ( separated by size)
Band pattern analysis

Question 18

Difference between DNA and RNA

Answer 18

Single stranded
strands shorter in length
uracil instead of thymine (mRNA only)

Question 19

Genetic Screening

Answer 19

Looking for the presence or absence of a gene

Question 20

Non coding DNA

Answer 20

Does not code for a protein