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DNA
RNA
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5. What is the name of the DNA shape?

6. Double Helix
A 100

7. DNA is a long molecule made up of units called?

8. Nucleotides
A 200

9. Name the three parts of a nucleotide

10. Phosphate Group, Deoxyribose Sugar and a base

11. Name the 4 bases found in DNA

12. Adenine
Guanine
Thymine
Cytosine
A 400

13. DNA stands for
A 500

14. Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

15. How many strands is RNA?
B 100

16. 1
B 100

17. What base does RNA have that DNA does not?

18. Uracil
B 200

19. Which type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome?

20. tRNA
B 300

21. In which type of RNA do you find codons?
B 400

22. mRNA
B 400

23. How does the tRNA know which amino acid to drop off?
B 500

24. Its anti-codon has to match the codon in the mRNA
B 500

25. Transcription is….
C 100

26. DNAmRNA
C 100

27. Transcribe this DNA sequence
TTCATAGATACG
C 200

28. AAGUAUCUAUGC
C 200

29. Where does transcription take place? &
What is made at the end of transcription?
C 300

30. Nucleus
&
mRNA
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. What enzyme is involved in trascription?

33. RNA polymerase
C 400

34. What is a codon and what does it code for?

35. 3 nucleotides in a row in mRNA that codes for 1 amino acid

36. Translation is….
D 100

37. mRNAProtein
D 100

38. Translate this mRNA
GUU AAA GGU CAU
D 200

39. Val – Lys – Gly - His
D 200

40. What is made during translation?

41. Protein
D 300

42. Where does translation take place?

43. On a Ribosome
(in the Cytoplasm)
D 400

44. What units connect together to make protein?
D 500

45. Amino Acids
D 500

46. How many strands make a DNA molecule?

47. 2
E 100

48. How many codons in this mRNA strand?
AUGCCGAUACGA
E 200

49. 4
E 200

50. How many codons are needed to make a protein with 1450 amino acids?

51. 1450
E 300

52. How many different amino acids are there?

53. 20
E 400

54. 1 codon codes for how many amino acids?

55. 1
E 500

56. A always pairs with ____ G always pairs with ____
In DNA
A always pairs with ____
G always pairs with ____
F 100

57. A always pairs with T
G always pairs with C
F 100

58. Write the matching DNA sequence
AGATCTAGG
F 200

59. TCTAGATCC
F 200

60. A mutation where bases are inserted or deleted is called?
F 300

61. Frameshift mutation
F 300

62. In Eukaryotes DNA is located in which part of the cell?

63. Nucleus
F 400

64. The parts of DNA that code for a protein are called?

65. Genes
F 500

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67. What are the 3 main differences between DNA and RNA?
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68. DNA: 2 strands, deoxyribose sugar, bases A,G,T,C
RNA: 1 strand, ribose sugar,
bases A,G,U,C
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