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Miss O's Bio Review
Bio Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is DNA located in a eukaryotic cell? | the nucleus |
| What molecule is energy in its usable form? | ATP |
| How is energy stored in ATP? | By adding the third phosphate |
| How is energy released from ATP? | By removing the third phosphate |
| What molecules are needed for photosynthesis? | carbon dioxide and water |
| What molecules are produced from photosynthesis | glucose and oxygen |
| What is the first stage of cellular respiration? | glycolysis |
| How many ATP molecules are made from aerobic cellular respiration? | 36 |
| What is the shape of a molecule of DNA? | double helix |
| What is the role of DNA? | provides instructions for making proteins |
| What is the sugar molecule in DNA? | deoxyribose |
| What bases are in DNA? | adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine |
| What are the parts of a DNA nucleotide? | deoxyribose, phophate, nitrogen base |
| What pairs with adenine in DNA? | thymine |
| Who discovered the shape of DNA? | Watson and Crick |
| What enzyme adds length to the ends of chromosomes in rapidly dividing cells? | telomerase |
| What enzyme joins new nucleotides together to form a new strand of DNA? | DNA polymerase |
| What is replication? | making exact copies of DNA |
| Where does DNA replication take place? | the nucleus |
| What is a gene? | the instructions for making one protein |
| What process makes mRNA from DNA? | transcription |
| What process assembles amino acids to make a polypeptide chain according to the code on mRNA? | translation |
| What is the sugar in RNA? | ribose |
| What are the nitrogen bases in RNA? | adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil |
| How many strands is RNA? | one |
| Which type of RNA brings amino acids to the ribosome for assembly? | tRNA |
| Which type of RNA is part of the ribosome? | rRNA |
| Where does transcription occur? | the nucleus |
| What enzyme joins RNA nucleotides together to make a strand of RNA? | RNA polymerase |
| What is a codon? | a series of three nucleotides on a molecule of mRNA |
| What does one codon determine? | one amino acid |
| What ends translation? | stop codon |
| Start codon | AUG |
| What determines the order of amino acids? | order of codons on mRNA |
| Where does translation happen? | in the cytoplasm at a ribose |
| What molecules are involved in transcription? | DNA and mRNA |
| What molecules are involved in translation? | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, amino acids |