ROB DREW CLAMS – Word Scramble Jeopardy ROB DREW CLAMS – Word Scramble DNA STRUCTURE DNA FUNCTIONS DNA Maniac CHAPTER 25 MISC. 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

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A-100 ANSWER: This is the name given to the shape that a DNA molecule takes. QUESTION: What is a DOUBLE HELIX

A-200 ANSWER: These are the names of the two single-ringed pyrimidines. QUESTION: What are CYTOSINE and THYMINE

A-300 ANSWER: A half strand with the following bases - A T G A C T T. Will form this many H-bonds with its complimentary strand QUESTION:What is SIXTEEN

A-400 ANSWER: The nuclotide-based molecule shown here QUESTION: What is DEOXYRIBOSE

A-500 ANSWER: Chromatin consists of DNA wrapped around these spherical protein molecules QUESTION:What are HISTONES

B-100 ANSWER: These are the three key functions that DNA is responsible for. QUESTION: 1. Replication 2. Protein Synthesis 3. Mutation

B-200 ANSWER:These pieces of mRNA do NOT leave the nucleus after transcription has occurred. QUESTION: What are INTRONS

B-300 ANSWER: This enzyme is responsible for unwinding and unzipping DNA prior to replication or transcription QUESTION: What is HELICASE

B-400 ANSWER:The process of converting mRNA to a polypeptide QUESTION: What is TRANSLATION

B-500 ANSWER:The following strand of DNA – TAC CAG GCA will code for what three amino acids QUESTION: What are METHIONINE, VALINE and ARGENINE

C-100 ANSWER: The proper name for a point mutation in which one base is substituted for another, but the codon still codes for the proper amino acid. QUESTION: What is a SILENT POINT MUTATATION

C-200 ANSWER: The type of chromosomal mutation shown here  QUESTION: What is a TRANSLOCATION

C-300 ANSWER: The type of chromosomal mutation shown here. QUESTION: What is INVERSION

C-400 ANSWER: The type of point mutation that occurs when one base is substituted for another, and a stop codon forms at that location causing the polypeptide to be totally messed up as it is terminated way too early. QUESTION: What is a NONSENSE POINT MUTATION

C- 500 ANSWER: The name given to the characteristic of the genetic code that creates some protection against possible mutation by having several different codons code for the same Amino Acid QUESTION: What is DEGENERACY

D-100 ANSWER: “SHE LEACI” (One Word) QUESTION: What is “Helicase”

D-200 ANSWER: “SAMI HIM ONE TUF FARTT” (Two Words) QUESTION: What is “Frameshift Mutation”

D-300 ANSWER: “CONE CARING” (one word – Hint - specific mutagen) QUESTION: What is a CARCINOGEN

D-400 ANSWER: “TO RAINN SALT” (1 word) QUESTION : What is TRANSLATION

D-500 ANSWER: “ O SOME BIR ” (1 word) QUESTION: What is Ribosome

E-100 ANSWER: These are the FULL proper names for the three different types of RNA. QUESTION: What are 1. Messenger RNA 2. Ribosomal RNA 3. Transfer RNA

E-200 ANSWER: Having ribose instead of deoxyribose, being single stranded instead of double stranded, containing Uracil instead of Thymine and …………… are the differences between DNA and RNA QUESTION: What is being linear (straight) rather than helical.

E-300 ANSWER:This specific region of a cell where Ribosomal Subunits are manufactured. QUESTION: What is the NUCLEOLUS

E-400 ANSWER: This protein is responsible for proof-reading and running dehydration synthesis reactions during transcription QUESTION: What is RNA Polymerase

E-500 ANSWER:The process being shown here. QUESTION:What is PROCESSING of mRNA

FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER:Give the specific base sequencing for all possible anticodons found on the tRNA molecules that carry the amino acid “Methionine” and for the ones that carry “Histidine QUESTION: What is “UAC” for methionine and what are “GUA” and “GUG” for histidine