Protein Synthesis Scavenger Hunt Review Questions & Answers

Sponagle Question: Traits that are carried on the X chromosome are said to be ______? Answer: Sex-linked

Sponagle Question: Blood type alleles A&B are said to follow this inheritance pattern. Answer: Co-dominance

Richardson Question: Type of bond that forms between nitrogenous bases of DNA. Answer: Hydrogen

Richardson Question: Type of RNA that carries the DNA code out of the nucleus. Answer: Messenger RNA or mRNA

Taney Question: He was the “Father of Genetics” Answer: Mendel

Taney Question: The allele that is masked by another is said to be_______. Answer: Recessive

Nurse’s office Question: The sugar found in RNA Answer: Ribose

Nurse’s office Question: Chromosomes are made up of DNA wrapped around proteins called ________. Answer: Histones

Guidance office Question: Chromosomes that are the same shape, size, and carry the genes for the same trait but are NOT identical. Answer: Homologous chromsomes

Guidance office Question: The physical appearance that an organism inherits. Answer: Phenotype

Neumaier Question: Sodium and potassium travel across the cell membrane via protein channels and require energy to go against the concentration gradient. What type of transport is this an example of? Answer: Active Transport

Neumaier Question: The movement of water down the concentration gradient is called _________. Answer: Osmosis

Breden Question: Phase of the cell cycle where the number of chromosomes doubles Answer: Interphase-(S-phase)

Breden Question: After meiosis, each human gamete has _____ number of chromosomes. Answer: 23

Brown Question: The organelle responsible for converting light energy into chemical energy. Answer: Chloroplast

Brown Question: In the equation for cellular respiration, what are the 2 reactants? Answer: Glucose & oxygen

Walmer Question: The monomer of proteins is _______? Answer: amino acids

Walmer Question: This element is found in ALL organic compounds because of its ability to form 4 covalent bonds. Answer: Carbon

Reichley Question: Water’s ability to stick to other water molecules produces surface tension. What is this property of water? Answer: Cohesion

Reichley Question: What property of water explains why ice floats in water? Answer: Less dense as a solid than a liquid (volume increases D=m/v)

Hummel Question: Name the organelle(s) that both prokaryotes and eukaryotes BOTH share. Answer: Ribosomes or cell membrane

Hummel Question: Bacteria are an example of what type of cell? (Hint they have no membrane bound organelles) Answer: Prokaryote

Fulmer Question: Programmed cell death or “Cell Suicide” is called ________? Answer: Apoptosis

Fulmer Question: This organelle is responsible for breaking down worn out organelles, food bacteria, etc. Answer: lysosomes

Cardi Question: Term used to describe the head of phospholipids which are “water loving” Answer: Hydrophillic

Cardi Question: Term used to describe the tails of a phospholipid which are “water fearing”. Answer: Hydrophobic

ISS Question: When chromosomes fail to separate during Anaphase I or II of meiosis. Answer: Nondisjunction

ISS Question: Two sister chromatids are held together at this point. Answer: Centromere