Replication

Question 1

Parent DNA

Answer 1

A DNA strand that acts as a template for new DNA to replicate

Question 2

Gene

Answer 2

A string of DNA that determines a certain trait

Question 3

Allele

Answer 3

One of the number of different forms of a gene

Question 4

Helix

Answer 4

Two intertwined strands that make up a DNA molecule

Question 5

Nucleotide

Answer 5

Subunit of which nucleic acids are composed, its made up of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphite group, and a nitrogenous base: all called nucleotide

Question 6

Base Pair

Answer 6

Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine (G + C) (A + T)

Question 7

Deoxyribose

Answer 7

A 5 ringed sugar which, when compared to ribose, is missing an oxygen

Question 8

Base Pairing

Answer 8

The process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pair

Question 9

Replication

Answer 9

The process of duplicating DNA; prior to cell division

Question 10

DNA Polymerase

Answer 10

An enzyme that joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA

Question 11

Telomere

Answer 11

DNA at the tips of chromosomes

Question 12

DNA

Answer 12

A long strand of base pairs and nucleotides connected by hydrogen bonds in a double helix formation