1. Jeopardy Intro to Biotech Gene Exp. DNA Bean Lab Q $100 Q $100 Q $100
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DNA
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from H1
What are the 4 bases that make up DNA?

3. $100 Answer from H1
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

4. $200 Question from H1
What is the structure (shape) of DNA?

5. $200 Answer from H1
A Double Helix

6. $300 Question from H1
What is a chromosome?

7. $300 Answer from H1
A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells.

8. What are the 3 components of a DNA strand?
$400 Question for H1

9. $400 Answer from H1
Nucleotides, Sugar Backbone & Phosphate Group

10. $500 Question from H1
What type of chemical bonds hold DNA together

11. $500 Answer from H1
Covalent Bonds- Strong bonds formed between sugar and phosphate backbone. Hydrogen Bonds- weak bonds that form between nitrogenous bases

12. $100 Question from H2
What are the four domains of Biotech?

13. $100 Answer from H2 Industrial & Environmental Medical Agricultural
Diagnostic Research

14. $200 Question from H2
Engineering body parts belongs to which of the 4 domains of Biotech?

15. $200 Answer from H2
Medical

16. $300 Question from H2 Which is not an early form of Biotech?
Fermentation
Herbal Medicine
Insulin Production

17. $300 Answer from H2
Insulin Production

18. $400 Question from H2
Name 1 technique involved in Modern Biotech

19. $400 Answer from H2
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Cloning
DNA manipulation

20. $500 Question from H2
Name 2 Major implications we might face in the new Biotech Age

21. $500 Answer from H2 Designer Babies “Memory Drugs” Super-Humans
Cloning
(many others)

22. $100 Question from H3
What type of molecule is an Oligosaccharide?

23. $100 Answer from H3
Carbohydrate

24. $200 Question from H3
What happens when oligosaccharides are not broken down during digestion?

25. $200 Answer from H3
Food for bacteria
 makes gas

26. $300 Question from H3
What was the function of the alpha-galactosidase enzyme (Beano)?

27. $300 Answer from H3
To break down the oligosaccharides into small sugars (glucose)

28. $400 Question from H3
What is the difference between a control group and a variable group?

29. $400 Answer from H3 The 1 variable  The unknown (Beano)
The thing you are testing.

30. $500 Question from H3
Name 3 products of Biotech

31. $500 Answer from H3
Insulin
GMOs
Laundry Detergent
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32. $100 Question from H4
What is the structure DNA coils around?

33. $100 Answer from H4
Histone core proteins

34. $200 Question from H4 For a gene to be expressed:
What must be added to the section of DNA?

35. $200 Answer from H4
Acetyl Group

36. $300 Question from H4
What is epigenetic?

37. $300 Answer from H4
Your “second genome” The DNA that gets express The “software of your DNA”

38. $400 Question from H4
What are the Epigenome Tags?

39. $400 Answer from H4
Methyl Group
Acetyl Group

40. $500 Question from H4
What could epigenetics mean to a Cancer Patient?

41. $500 Answer from H4
That the DNA could just be active or inactive at the wrong places, and that by using the tags, we can modify gene expression to its normal state

42. $100 Question from H5
Who were the 2 main Scientist behind the Human Genome Project?

43. $100 Answer from H5
Craig Venter & Francis Collins

44. $200 Question from H5
What’s the significance of Gregor Mendel’s work?

45. $200 Answer from H5
It opened up the new field of genetics by showing that traits are inherited from the parents following a pattern.

46. $300 Question from H5
What is the significance of Kary Mullis’ discovery?

47. $300 Answer from H5
The invention of PCR allows us to amplify few copies of DNA across several orders of magnitude.

48. $400 Question from H5
From the structure of DNA Who’s the unsung hero? and why?

49. $400 Answer from H5
Rosalind Franklin. Her work in X-ray crystallography made the critical contribution to understand the shape of DNA.

50. $500 Question from H5
What is the function of DNA Polymerase I & DNA Polymerase III

51. $500 Answer from H5 DNA Pol I  Repair of DNA
DNA Pol III  Duplication of DNA

52. Final Jeopardy
How can DNA microarrays help treat cancer?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
They provide a personalized description of what genes are active in a patient, thus allowing doctors to do a more personalized treatment tailored to that patient.