Moecular Biology Exam 4

Question 1

DNA full name

Answer 1

deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 2

RNA full name

Answer 2

ribonucleic acid

Question 3

DNA and RNA are both

Answer 3

polymers of nucleotides

Question 4

What sugars does DNA have

Answer 4

deoxyribose

Question 5

What sugars does RNA have

Answer 5

ribose

Question 6

Both DNA and RNA have the bases

Answer 6

C, G, A
cytosine, guanine, adenine

Question 7

RNA has this base that DNA doesn’t have

Answer 7

U
Uracil

Question 8

DNA has this base that RNA doesn’t have

Answer 8

T
Thymine

Question 9

RNA is what stranded

Answer 9

single stranded

Question 10

DNA is what stranded

Answer 10

Double

Question 11

The function of DNA is to

Answer 11

contain genetic information

Question 12

The function of RNA is to

Answer 12

transfer genetic information from nucleus to cytoplasm

Question 13

Genes have to be one of the four bio molecules

Answer 13

proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids

Question 14

How do viruses make more viruses

Answer 14

it infects bacteria and inserts it’s genes to re program bacteria

Question 15

Virus made with either radioactive

Answer 15

protein or DNA

Question 16

A binds with

Answer 16

T

Question 17

G binds with

Answer 17

C

Question 18

Each DNA strand is pattern to copy during

Answer 18

interphase

Question 19

Mutations:

Answer 19

mistakes in DNA sequence

Question 20

Alleles are

Answer 20

alternative gene sequences, tied alternative proteins

Question 21

X^R is a what protein

Answer 21

notmal

Question 22

X^r is a what protein

Answer 22

faulty

Question 23

Who published the structure of DNA 1953

Answer 23

Watson and Crick

Question 24

The transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA

Answer 24

transcript

Question 25

Converting an RNA sequence into an amino acid sequence

Answer 25

translation

Question 26

Who used virus to identify genetic material

Answer 26

Hershey and Chase

Question 27

DNA to RNA is

Answer 27

transcription

Question 28

Codon example

Answer 28

AUG, AAG

Question 29

Start Codon is

Answer 29

AUG

Question 30

Stop codon is

Answer 30

UAA UAG, UGA

Question 31

The human thumb and panda thumb are

Answer 31

analogous

Question 32

What structures are homolgous to the human arm

Answer 32

bird wing, bat wing, whale fin

Question 33

Who proposed the hypothesis that evolution is drive by natural selection in 1858

Answer 33

Erwin Chargaff

Question 34

Most fit individuals means

Answer 34

they have more offspring that reproduce

Question 35

Who demonstrated that viruses inject DNA, not protein, into cells

Answer 35

Hershey and Chase