Genetics And Inheritance

Question 1

What are the bonds that connect the bases together in DNA

Answer 1

Hydrogen

Question 2

What is the name of DNA’s sugar

Answer 2

Deoxyribose

Question 3

What is the structure of DNA

Answer 3

Double helix

Question 4

What are the proteins associated with DNA

Answer 4

Histones

Question 5

What is a section of DNA that can code for a protein

Answer 5

Gene

Question 6

What pairs with Guanine

Answer 6

Cytosine

Question 7

What are the bonds called that join two nucleotides between a phosphate group and a sugar

Answer 7

Phosphodiester bonds

Question 8

What replaces thymine in RNA

Answer 8

Uracil

Question 9

What are named sisters and make up a chromosome

Answer 9

Chromatid

Question 10

What is an organisms entire genetic code

Answer 10

Genome

Question 11

What does DNA stand for?

Answer 11

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 12

Why does DNA replicate?

Answer 12

For new cells to be made (mitosis-growth and repair)
Production of gametes (meiosis-sperm and egg)
Protein production

Question 13

What is the role of the enzyme Helicase?

Answer 13

Separates the 2 DNA strands into a replication fork

Question 14

What does the enzyme primase do?

Answer 14

Makes small piece of DNA by adding a primer out of free nucleotides
Starting point

Question 15

What does the enzymes DNA polymerase do?

Answer 15

Binds to the primer and makes new strand of DNA

Question 16

What does the enzyme DNA ligase do?

Answer 16

Seals up the fragments