Genetics

Question 0

P.A. Levine

Answer 0

DNA was made up of nucleotides

Question 1

Hershey and Chase

Answer 1

Used bacteriophages that are inside bacterial cells to determine if DNA or protein carried genetic material

Question 2

Rosalind Franklin

Answer 2

Used X-RAYS to observe the coil like structure of DNA and its constant diameter

Question 3

Watson and Crick

Answer 3

Created double helix model using all information know about DNA

Question 4

DNA is found in the _____

Answer 4

Nucleus

Question 5

RNA is found in the _____

Answer 5

Cytoplasm

Question 6

Replication (1)

Answer 6

Hydrogen bonds between bases are split and DNA primase attracts DNA nucleotides to the initiation point y

Question 7

Transcription (2)

Answer 7

RNA Synthesis

Coded information passes into RNA during transportation

Question 8

Translation (3)

Answer 8

Messenger RNA carries coded info to ribosomes during protein synthesis

Question 9

Pyrimidines

Answer 9

Have one ring

Question 10

Purines

Answer 10

Have 2 rings

Question 11

Nucleotides

Answer 11

Deoxyribose
Phosphate group
Nitrogenous gases

The sugar of one nucleotide is connected to the phosphate group of the next

Question 12

Proteins

Answer 12

Made of amino acid

There are 20 different types linked together in various ways to create polypeptides

Can use 3 bases at a time to create one type of amino acid

Question 13

Nitrogen Bases

Answer 13

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine

Question 14

RNA

Answer 14

In the cytoplasm
Ribose sugar
One extra oxygen

Question 15

DNA

Answer 15

In the nucleus
Dioxyribose sugar
Has 1 oxygen removed

Question 16

Central Dogma

Answer 16

DNA - Transcription - RNA - Translation - PROTEINS

Question 17

2 Phases of protein production

Answer 17

Transcription - DNA to RNA

Translation - RNA to Proteins

Question 18

3 Functions of Proteins

Answer 18

Energy to the cell
Structure of the cell
All enzymes are protein

Question 19

How many amino acids are there?

Answer 19

20