Nucleic Acids

Question 1

Rosalind Franklin

Answer 1

Discovered final piece of DNA structure research through x ray crystallography. Work was stolen by Watson and crick

Question 2

Watson and crick

Answer 2

Scientists that discovered the structure of DNA and won a noble prize.

Question 3

DNA

Answer 3

Deoxyribonucleic acid. Genetic information in a double helix shape

Question 4

RNA

Answer 4

Ribonucleic acid. Messenger carrying information for protein synthesis

Question 5

Sugar phosphate backbone

Answer 5

Outside of double helix made up of sugar and phosphates

Question 6

Carbon nitrogen bonds

Answer 6

Connecting sugars to base pairs

Question 7

Carbon oxygen bonds

Answer 7

Connecting sugar and phosphates to build the sugar phosphate backbone

Question 8

Hydrogen bonds

Answer 8

Connects base pairs. Double for AT triple for CG

Question 9

Deoxyribose

Answer 9

Sugar in DNA

Question 10

Ribose

Answer 10

Sugar in RNA

Question 11

Nitrogen bases

Answer 11

A T G C

Question 12

Adenine

Answer 12

A component of DNA. Matches with thymine

Question 13

Thymine

Answer 13

T component of DNA. Matches with adenine

Question 14

Guanine

Answer 14

G component of DNA. Matches with cytosine

Question 15

Cytosine

Answer 15

C component of DNA. Matches with guanine

Question 16

Chargaffs rules

Answer 16

A matches with T

G matches with C

Question 17

Human genome project

Answer 17

Scientific project to map the whole human genome

Question 18

Chromosomes

Answer 18

Super coiled DNA wrapped around protein balls. 46 total

Question 19

Histone

Answer 19

Protein balls that DNA wraps around to form chromosomes

Question 20

Chromatin

Answer 20

DNA coiled around histone balls

Question 21

Nucleic acids

Answer 21

Chain of base pairs that make up genetic information