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Gilman DNA Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is another name for deoxyribonucleic acid? | DNA |
| The material that contains information that determines inherited characteristics is? | DNA |
| What pairs with adenine? (one of four possible bases in a string of DNA) | Thymine |
| Name a subunit of DNA that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base. | Nucleotide |
| What is the complement of guanine? | Cytosine |
| What letters represent the four bases? | A, T, G, C |
| What did Rosalind Franklin show the shape of DNA to be when using X-ray diffraction? | a spiral |
| Watson and Crick build a DNA model in what shape? | a long,twisted ladder |
| What are the sides of the DNA "ladder" made of? | sugar and phosphate |
| What are the "rungs" of the DNA ladder made of? | pair of bases |
| Where does a DNA molecule split when copied? | down the middle |
| What ribonucleic acid copies DNA and goes to the ribosome? | Messenger RNA |
| What is the cell organelle where protein is synthesized? | Ribosome |
| Name the type of RNA that delivers amino acids to make a protein. | Transfer RNA |
| What is a change in DNA sequence that can be helpful, harmful or make no change at all? | Mutation |
| What is a string of nucleotides that has instructions for a certain trait? | Gene |
| What is a messenger RNA matched with when fed through the ribosome? | Transfer RNA |
| What do three bases code for? | one Amino Acid |
| In what type of mutation is one base left out? | Deletion |
| What is a tobacco plant with a firefly gene that makes it glow an example of? | Genetic Engineering |
| What describes the relationship between genes and DNA? | Genes contain DNA |
| Do Genes contain DNA? | Yes |
| DNA is made of what subunits? | Nucleotides |
| Nucleotides are made of a sugar, a phosphate, and a what? | Base |
| Who discovered that the amount of adenine in DNA always equals the amount of thymine? | Rosalind Franklin |
| What is the first step in making a protein? | RNA copying DNA |
| In what type of mutation is a base added to a gene? | Insertion |
| What is it called when DNA is used to identify who committed a crime? | DNA fingerprinting |
| What causes genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia? | Mutations |
| What is the complementary strand to the DNA sequence TAGTCA? | ATCAGT |
| Genes have instructions for making what? | Proteins |
| Sickle Cell Anemia is caused by which type of mutation? | Substitution |
| Name the first step of DNA replication. | A strand of DNA splits down the middle. |
| Name the type of mutation where on base is replaced by another. | Substitution |
| Name what is shaped like a double helix and determines inherited characteristics. | DNA |
| What molecule makes a mirror copy of sections of of DNA and helps make proteins? | RNA |
| What is a change in DNA caused by random errors or mutagens? | Mutation |
| What material, made of amino acids, causes most of the differences in organisms? | Proteins |
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