1. $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 DNA, mRNA, or tRNA? MAKIN’ PROTEIN THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE CRACKING THE CODE

2. The nucleic acid with a double helix shape. Category 1: $100: A

3. What is DNA? Category 1: $100: Q

4. The copy of the genetic code that leaves the nucleus. Category 1: $200: A

5. What is mRNA? Category 1: $200: Q

6. The nucleic acid that is made by replication. Category 1: $300: A

7. What is DNA? Category 1: $300: Q

8. The nucleic acid that brings amino acids to the ribosomes. Category 1: $400: A

9. What is tRNA? Category 1: $400: Q

10. Category 1: $500: A The nucleic acid being made in this diagram.

11. What is mRNA? Category 1: $500: Q

12. The building blocks of protein. Category 2: $100: A

13. What are amino acids? Category 2: $100: Q

14. Of replication, transcription, or translation, the process that makes protein. Category 2: $200: A

15. What is translation? Category 2: $200: Q

16. The organelle where protein synthesis takes place. Category 2: $300: A

17. What is a ribosome? Category 2: $300: Q

18. A three-letter sequence of nitrogen bases, such as CAU, that codes for an amino acid. Category 2: $400: A

19. What is a codon? Category 2: $400: Q

20. The three-letter sequence on tRNA that matches a three-letter sequence on mRNA. Category 2: $500: A

21. What is an anticodon? Category 2: $500: Q

22. Of sugars, phosphates, or nitrogen bases, the parts of nucleic acids that carry the genetic code. Category 3: $100: A

23. What are nitrogen bases? Category 3: $100: Q

24. The copying of the DNA code to mRNA. Category 3: $200: A

25. What is transcription? Category 3: $200: Q

26. The nitrogen base that occurs in DNA but not in RNA. Category 3: $300: A

27. What is thymine? Category 3: $300: Q

28. Category 3: $400: A The type of mutation shown in the diagram.

29. Category 3: $400: Q What is substitution?

30. Three main differences between DNA and RNA. Category 3: $500: A

31. What are… shape, sugars, nitrogen bases, and location? Category 3: $500: Q

32. The nitrogen base pairs normally found in DNA. Category 4: $100: A

33. What are A-T and C-G? Category 4: $100: Q

34. The nitrogen base pairs normally found in RNA. Category 4: $200: A

35. What are A-U and C-G? Category 4: $200: Q

36. The three-letter sequence that tells a cell to start making protein. Category 4: $300: A

37. What is AUG? Category 4: $300: Q

38. The nitrogen bases that would be on the other half of this DNA molecule, from top to bottom. Category 4: $400: A

39. What are TAGCAG? Category 4: $400: Q

40. Category 4: $500: A The five different nitrogen bases found in nucleic acids.

41. Category 4: $500: Q What are adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil?