DNA Vocabulary

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

Material that is found in the nucleus of every cell

Question 2

Nucleic Acid

Answer 2

a type of macromolecule that store information

Question 3

Proteins

Answer 3

the complex molecules that do most of the work in our bodies

Question 4

James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 4

the two scientists who are credited for solving the specific structure of DNA

Question 5

Rosalind Franklin

Answer 5

the scientist whose work and accomplishment was stolen by James Watson and Francis Crick/ developed the image called the X-ray Crystallographic

Question 6

Nucleotides

Answer 6

nucleic acids (like DNA) are made up of monomers called nucleotides

Question 7

Three Parts of a nucleotide

Answer 7

Sugar, phosphate, base

Question 8

Chargaff Base Pairing Rule

Answer 8

A (Adenine and T (Thymine) are always paired together; G (Guanine) and C (Cytosine) are always paired.

Question 9

Three types of mutations

Answer 9

substitutions, deletions, and insertions

Question 10

Chromosomes

Answer 10

an organized package of DNA found in the nucleus of the cell