1. Jeopardy: DNA & Protein Synthesis
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FINAL JEOPARDY!

2. Vocabulary 100 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
To make
What is synthesize?

3. Vocabulary 200 Transcription
Copy DNA into an mRNA Strand to make a protein

4. Vocabulary 300
Codon
A group of three nucleotides on an mRNA strand that code for a specific Amino Acid

5. Vocabulary 400
Gene
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein

6. Vocabulary 500 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Translation
Using the code on an mRNA strand to create a sequence of amino acids that together form a protein

7. Structure and Function 100
What is a nucleotide?

8. Structure and Function 200 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What bond holds the following Nitrogen bases together?
What are Hydrogen Bonds?

9. Structure and Function 300
What does structure III represent?
What is an amino Acid?

10. Structure and Function 400 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This carries the special code for a protein and is found only in the nucleus.
What is DNA?

11. Structure and Function 500
The part of the molecule for which deoxyribonucleic acid is named .
What is deoxyribose sugar?

12. Replication 100 DNA must separate between what in order to replicate?
Between nitrogenous base pairs

13. Replication 200 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What process is modeled in this diagram?
What is DNA Replication?

14. Replication 300
If the template strand is as follows, what will the new DNA strand be?
3’ AAATTTCCCGGG 5’
5’TTTAAAGGGCCC3’

15. Replication 400 Which of the following is true about DNA replication?
a.) must occur before cells can divide
b.) Two complementary stands are duplicated
Both

16. Transport 500
Adenine pairs with _________
Thymine

17. Transcription 100
Type of RNA made during transcription
What is mRNA?

18. Transcription 200
Site of Transcription
Nucleus

19. Transcription 300 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What did the original strand of DNA look like based on this mRNA strand?
ACT AAG

20. Transcription 400 3 differences between RNA and DNA Single stranded
Contains uracil (U)
Uses a different kind of sugar

21. Transcription 500 Function of mRNA?
Carries genetic message from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes

22. Translation 100
The assembly of a messenger RNA strand that normally begins with UAC has been changed so that the newly assembled messenger RNA strand begins with UAG, a STOP codon. What will most likely happen?
Protein synthesis will be stopped.

23. Translation 200 What amino acid is coded for by the mRNA sequence UUC?
Codon Chart
First Letter
Second Letter
Third Letter U C A G
Phenylalanine
Serine
Tyrosine
Cysteine
Leucine
Stop
Tryptophan
Phenylalanine

24. Translation 300
What does this process represent?
Translation

25. Translation 400
What is the final product of Translation?
A protein

26. Translation 500 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the function of tRNA?
To “transfer” an amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain based on the code provided by the mRNA.

27. Final Jeopardy Growth and development information to cells
What role does DNA provide in the formation and development of an organism?
Growth and development information to cells