2. THIS IS DNA & RNA

3. 100 200 300 400 500 DNA Scientists DNA Structure Replication Transcription & Processing Translation DNA and RNA

4. They discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. A 100

5. Who are James Watson and Francis Crick? A 100

6. She produced an X-Ray diffraction image of DNA – famously known as photo 51. A 200

7. Who is Rosalind Franklin? A 200

8. He discovered DNA – First isolated the compound as a white powder he called nuclein in 1869. A 300

9. Who is Friedrich Miescher? A 300

10. He discovered that adenine and thymine occurred in equal percentages for any DNA sample. A 400

11. Who is Erwin Chargaff? A 400

12. Their famous experiment allowed them to conclude that DNA, not protein, was the hereditary compound in the cell. It was called Waring blender experiment.ber A 500

13. Who were Hersey and Chase? A 500

14. It is the shape of the DNA molecule. B 100

15. What is the double helix? B 100

16. This is the correct name of the sugar in DNA. B 200

17. What is deoxyribose? B 200

18. They are the building blocks or monomers of DNA. B 300

19. Nucleotides B 300

20. These compounds make up the sides of the DNA “twisted ladder.” B 400

21. What are phosphates and deoxyribose sugars? B 400

22. Hydrogen bonds form between the DNA bases. These bonds form as a result of an attraction between the following atoms: hydrogen and _________. B 500

23. What is oxygen or nitrogen? B 500

24. Replication refers to this happening to a DNA molecule. C 100

25. What is copying or duplicating? C 100

26. The enzyme that breaks the bonds between the DNA bases is known as helicase. The enzyme that adds nucleotides has this name. C 200

27. What is DNA polymerase? C 200

28. One DNA strand is original and one DNA strand is new in a replicated molecule. DNA replication therefore is described by this term. C 300

29. What is semi- conservative? C 300

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31. Okazaki fragments are formed along a DNA template strand, rather than the DNA coding strand. This template strand is also referred to by this name. C 400

32. What is lagging strand? C 400

33. The DNA molecule strand that runs in the 3’ – 5’ direction is known as the template strand. The DNA molecule strand that runs in the 5’ – 3’ direction goes by this name. C 500

34. What is the DNA coding strand? C 500

35. Transcription produces this type of nucleic acid (from the sequence of bases on the DNA template strand). D 100

36. What is RNA? D 100

37. Transcription occurs in this organelle. D 200

38. What is the nucleus? D 200

39. RNA polymerase moves to this area of the DNA molecule at the beginning of transcription known as Initiation. D 300

40. What is the promoter region? D 300

41. RNA nucleotides are added during the Elongation phase until RNA polymerase reaches this part of DNA. D 400

42. What is the terminator signal or terminator region? D 400

43. While introns are cut out and exons are left in, these parts are added to either end of RNA molecule and are thought to protect RNA from cytosol enzymes. D 500

44. What are the mG cap and the Poly A tail. D 500

45. The codons of mRNA match the ____________ of transfer RNAs. E 100

46. What are the anticodons? E 100

47. The building blocks of a protein are amino acids. This is the chemical reaction that forms the peptide bonds between them. E 200

48. What is a condensation reaction (dehydration synthesis)? E 200

49. During translation, Initiation is followed by _________ and _________. E 300

50. What is Elongation and Termination? E 300

51. These are the specific types of nucleic acid molecules involved in translation. E 400

52. What are mRNA, tRNA & rRNA? E 400

53. The start codon ________ codes for the amino acid ________. E 500

54. What is AUG and Methionine? E 500

55. DNA has the base Thymine, while RNA has this base instead. F 100

56. What is Uracil? F 100

57. DNA has twice as many of these as RNA. F 200

58. What are strands? F 200

59. RNA contains this sugar. F 300

60. What is ribose? F 300

61. This RNA molecule has a looped shape that may resemble a clover. It brings the amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain during translation. F 400

62. What is tRNA? F 400

63. A ribosome is made up of these compounds. F 500

64. What is protein and ribosomal RNA? F 500

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66. The two DNA strands run in opposite directions based on the orientation of their sugars. The strands are described by this adjective. Click on screen to continue

67. What is Antiparallel? Click on screen to continue

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