1. DNA Test Review

2. Where is DNA located in each of the following cells?
Prokaryote:
Eukaryote:

3. What are the two types of Nucleic Acids?

4. What are the monomers (building blocks) of nucleic acids?

5. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

6. What does the nucleotide look like? Label the parts:

7. What are 3 differences between DNA and RNA molecules?

8. What macromolecule did Watson & Crick Discover the structure of?

9. What is the shape of DNA?

10. What type of bonds hold nitrogenous base pairs together in DNA

11. What is DNA replication?

12. Why is DNA replication necessary? When does it occur?

13. Where does replication occur in the following cells?
Prokaryotic:
Eukaryotic:

14. What are the base-pairing rules for making a new DNA molecule?

15. Replicate the following DNA strand:
A – T – G – C – T – T – C – A – G
T – A – C – G – A – A – G – T – C

16. What is it called when there is a change in the sequence of nitrogen bases of DNA?

17. What is gene expression? (Include the 2 processes that take place)

18. What is another name for gene expression?

19. What are the two steps of gene expression? What is their function?
Steps: Functions: Diagram:
Transcription making RNA DNA  RNA
Translation assembling a protein RNA  Protein

20. Where does transcription occur in the following cells?
Prokaryotic:
Eukaryotic:

21. What is the term for the production of mRNA?

22. What are the base-pairing rules for making RNA?

23. What do you call the section of DNA that is transcribed?

24. Transcribe the following section of DNA:
T – A – G – C – A – T – G – C – T
A – U – C – G – U – A – C – G – A

25. How many strands of the DNA molecule are transcribed?

26. What do you call the strand of DNA that is transcribed?

27. What are triplets?
3 consecutive nitrogen bases of DNA

28. Where are codons found?

29. What are the three types of RNA? What are their functions?
Types: Functions:

30. What is translation?

31. Where does translation occur in the following cells?
Prokaryotic:
Eukaryotic:

32. Where are anticodons found?

33. What do you look up on the Genetic Code that determines which amino acid is needed?

34. What are the monomers (building blocks) of proteins?

35. A bond formed between two amino acids is known as what?

36. What is a polypeptide?

37. What do proteins do in an organism?
Used for building structures and performing various cell functions

38. What organelle assembles proteins using instructions provided to RNA by DNA?