Question | Answer |
DNA is a molecule that ______ the code for making proteins.. | Stores |
Which nucleotide base pairs with adenine? | Thymine |
Which nucleotide base pairs with cytosine? | Guanine |
Another name for the twisted ladder shape of a DNA model is called | double helix |
DNA provides information to ribosomes by way of RNA in order to make | amino acids that will build proteins |
What would the complement be to this DNA code? (the other side of the ladder) AATCTCGTTA | TTAGAGCAAT |
Name the two scientists who received the Nobel Prize for double helix model of DNA. | James Watson and Francis Crick |
Name the scientist who contributed to this discovery but did not receive any of the credit. | Rosalind Franklin |
Before a cell can divide,its entire DNA is copied in a process we call | replication |
What type of information does the DNA molecule store? | Genetic |
How many different nucleotide bases are there in DNA? | Four |
What is the end result of DNA replication? | Two strands of DNA that are exact copies of each other and to the original |
What is the complement(corresponding base pair) to the following DNA code in replication: AGTATCTAGC | TCATAGATCG |
DNA contains codes for | making proteins |
How does DNA nucleotides pair? | Pairs A-T and C-G |
You can think of the set of instructions that make you human as a book. That book would be called your _____________. | Genome |
The instruction manual can be broken down into chapters. Like chapters in a book, genomes are made of smaller parts called __________________. | Chromosomes |
How many chromosomes do humans have? | 46 |
Give two examples of what would cause DNA to replicate? | You are bleeding from a cut.
You are growing from a child to a teenager. |