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DNA
Gr. 11 bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does DNA stand for? | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| What is DNA made of? | Nucleotides |
| What is each part of a nucleotide? | Phosphate, Sugar, Base |
| What is the full name of a sugar? | Deoxyribose sugar |
| What are the names of each base? | Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine |
| Which bases go together? | Adenine + Thymine, Cytosine + Guanine |
| Where is DNA stored? | In the nucleus (or mitochondia/chloroplast) |
| Who established the idea of DNA? | James Watson + Francis Crick |
| How many chromosomes do humans have? | 46 |
| What are chromosomes made of? | Genes (which are made of DNA) |
| What are Genes? | segments of DNA |
| What are the "branches" of a chromosome? | Chromatid |
| What is the center of a chromosome? | Centromere |
| What is the shape of DNA? | Double Helix |