1. Science Jeopardy
Gregor Mendel
Punnett Square
Symbols in Genetics
DNA Connection
Protein
Synthesis
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Final Jeopardy

2. FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION: If the CODON for an Amino acid is AAG
What ANTICODON would it match up with?
ANSWER:
UUC
Remember in RNA and Protein Synthesis!!!
Uracil (U) matches with Adenine (A)
Cytosine (C) matches with Guanine (G)

3. A-100
QUESTION:
How many different traits did Gregor Mendel study in peas?
ANSWER:
Seven

4. A-200 QUESTION: What are Traits? ANSWER:
Different physical characteristics

5. A-300 QUESTION: What is the passing of traits
from parents to offspring?
ANSWER:
Heredity

6. A-400 QUESTION: What is the different form of a gene? ANSWER: Allele
nuij

7. A-500 QUESTION: Which Allele is masked by the Dominant Allele? ANSWER:
Recessive Allele

8. B-100
QUESTION:
What is the likelihood a particular event will happen called?
ANSWER:
Probability

9. B-200
QUESTION:
What is used by Geneticists to show all possible outcomes of a genetic cross?
ANSWER:
Punnett Square

10. B-300 QUESTION: What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?
ANSWER:
Genotype

11. B-400 QUESTION: What are the visible physical traits called? ANSWER:
Phenotype

12. B-500
QUESTION:
When two different alleles for a trait are present it is called:
ANSWER:
Heterozygous or Hybrid

13. C-100 QUESTION: What do scientists use to represent alleles? ANSWER:
Lower case and Upper case letters
called symbols

14. C-200
QUESTION:
What letter is used to show a dominant trait or allele?
ANSWER:
Any Upper case letter T B M

15. C-300 QUESTION: How would you write a heterozygous trait? ANSWER:
One dominant/Upper case (T) and one recessive/lower (t) case letters
Tt Mm Pp

16. C-400
QUESTION:
What letters or symbols would you use for a recessive trait?
ANSWER:
Always 2 lower case letters
tt mm bb

17. C-500 QUESTION: True or False Homozygous and Purebred are the
same thing
ANSWER:
True TT tt NN nn

18. D-100 QUESTION: What are the building blocks of protein? ANSWER:
Amino Acids or AA

19. D-200
QUESTION:
What is the production of proteins as coded for by DNA called?
ANSWER:
Protein Synthesis

20. D-300
QUESTION:
Who is the genetic “messenger” that helps DNA produce proteins?
ANSWER:
RNA or Ribonucleic Acid

21. D-400 QUESTION: Which amino acids are not produced in our body?
ANSWER:
Essential amino acids

22. D-500 QUESTION: Where in the cell does protein synthesis take place?
ANSWER:
Ribosomes

23. E-100 QUESTION: Which nitrogen base in RNA pairs up
with Adenine instead of Thymine?
ANSWER:
Uracil

24. E-200 QUESTION: What is a CODON ANSWER:
A 3 base combination from DNA that is a specific code for an amino acid
AAG GCA

25. E-300
QUESTION:
Which RNA carries the message or CODON for proteins from nucleus to the ribosomes?
ANSWER:
Messenger RNA or mRNA

26. E-400 QUESTION: What is an ANTICODON? ANSWER:
A 3 letter or base combination for Amino acid that matches-up with a codon

27. E-500 or tRNA? QUESTION: What is the function of transfer RNA ANSWER:
Carries specific Amino Acids (ANTICODON) to Ribosomes to make proteins