1. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 1.Backbone is made up of phosphate and deoxyribose sugar.

2. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 2. Steps of DNA ladder (rungs of ladder) are made up of bases: adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine.

3. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 3. Draw and label picture using cell, nucleus, chromosomes, DNA and gene.

4. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 4. All 3 meters of DNA fits into the nucleus because it is folded MANY times.

5. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 5. All living things are made of DNA, but the order of bases is different in different. organisms. Remember, humans are 50% the same as a banana.

6. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 6. DNA in a dandelion is exactly the same as in humans. (also fungus, bacteria, mold, chicken, etc.)

7. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 7. Protein is made from DNA instructions. Recipes represent “genes”

8. Discussion Questions - DNA Build It Lab 8. ACGTCATTCGCA (etc.)

9. DNA REVIEW P S BASE phosphate sugar nucleotide Double helix Cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene