1. DNA
RNA
Protein
Synthesis
Gene
Expression
All mixed up
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2. Primary function of DNA

3. What is to make store and transmit genetic information?

4. Long chains that make up DNA (it’s building block)

5. What is a nucleotide?

6. The 3 components of DNA

7. What is deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?

8. NAMES and COMPLEMENTS of the nitrogenous bases of DNA

9. What Adenine and Thymine; Cytosine and Guanine?

10. Scientists credited with the structure of DNA

11. Who are Watson and Crick?

12. Full name of RNA

13. What is Ribonucleic Acid?

14. 3 ways RNA is different than DNA

15. Type of sugar, uracil, single stranded, Location, multiple forms?
What is
Type of sugar, uracil, single stranded,
Location, multiple forms?

16. Functions of 3 types of RNA

17. What is mRNA: messenger, tRNA, carries amino acids, rRNA, location of protein synthesis?

18. RNA molecule complementary to adenine

19. What is uracil?

20. Name of the components labeled on the RNA molecule#1 #2

21. What is amino acid for #1 and anticodon for #2?

22. Location of transcription and translation

23. What is the nucleus (transcription) and ribosome (translation)?

24. Identify the mRNA strand transcribed from this DNA
AAA-TAC-GCG-TGA

25. What is UUU-AUG-CGC-ACU?

26. What enzyme is responsible for catalyzing transcription (adding the bases)

27. What is RNA polymerase?

28. What a codon codes for

29. What is an amino acid or stop signal?

30. What anticodons do during translation

31. What is make sure the correct amino acid is delivered to the ribosome?

32. The reason cells must control gene expression

33. What is so their genes will only be expressed when needed?

34. Operon’s role

35. What is a group of genes that code for functionally related proteins?

36. What inducer molecules do that allows for transcription

37. What is changes the shape of the repressor molecules?

38. What causes the lac operon to be shut off

39. What is lactose being absent?

40. How the inducer molecule works

41. What is it removes the repressor molecule from the operator?

42. Term used to describe the nucleotide triplet that specifies a particular amino acid

43. What is a codon?

44. Term used to describe a substance known to cause cancer

45. What is a carcinogen?

46. Name of the 2 types of nitrogen bases

47. What are purines and pyrimidines?

48. Enzyme responsible for unwinding the DNA strand so it can replicate

49. What is helicase?

50. Describe the steps of DNA replication

51. What is :
Helicase breaks H bonds between bases (unwinds) this is called the replication fork
DNA polymerase creates the new strand by adding a complementary bases until it reaches a stop signal?