Post on 18-Dec-2015
DNA Review Game
Work with your group, write an answer on your board in the allotted
time. Score points
Who is this?
Answer
• DNA
Where is this molecule located in eukaryotic cells?
Answer
• Nucleus
Nucleic acids are polymers of…
Answer
• Nucleotides
A nucleotide is comprised of…
• Sugar• Phosphate• And a…????
Answer
• Nitrogenous base
Sugar found in DNA…
Answer
• deoxyribose
What bonds hold the strands to one another?
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• Hydrogen bonds
The protein that DNA winds around…
Answer
• histones
Who base pairs to…
• Cytosine?
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• guanine
Identify the complimentary strand…
• T A G C T
Answer
• A T C G A
Name this process…
Answer
• replication
WHAT ENZYME PROOFREADS DNA AFTER REPLICATION?
Answer
• DNA polymerase
WHAT ENZYME UNWINDS DNA?
Answer
• helicase
DNA or RNA or both?
• uracil
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• RNA
DNA or RNA or both?
• guanine
Answer
• both
• Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?
a. ribose + phosphate group + thymineb.ribose + phosphate group + uracilc. deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracild.deoxyribose + phosphate group + cytosine
Answer
• D
Name the process
• DNA DNA
Answer
• replication
DNA INSTRUCTIONS TO BUILD A PROTEIN…
Name the vocab word:
Answer
• gene
Name the process
• DNA protein
Answer
• Protein synthesis
Proteins are polymers of…
Answer
• Amino acids
NAME THE TWO STEPS OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
Answer
• Transcription• translation
DNA MRNA
Answer
• transcription
MRNA PROTEIN
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• translation
Where does transcription occur?
Answer
• nucleus
Transcribe…
• C A T
Answer
• G U A
WHERE DOES TRANSLATION OCCUR?
Answer
• Ribosome
Translate
• C G G
Answer
• ARG
• If you went ahead and converted to G C C, then the amino acid is ALA
What is this process called?
Answer
• translation
Label the parts: #1
Answer
• mRNA
Label the parts: #5
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• tRNA
Label the parts: #3
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• Amino acid
Label the parts: #4
Answer
• protein
Label the parts: 6 and 7
7
6
Answer
• Codon and anti-codon respectively
ERRORS IN DNA ARE CALLED…
Answer
• mutations
HOW MANY AMINO ACIDS ARE CODED FOR BY 28 CODONS?
Answer
• 28
NAME THE THREE TYPES OF MUTATIONS…
Answer
• Insertion, deletion, substitution
ADDING A NUCLEOTIDE TO A SEQUENCE
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• insertion
REMOVING A NUCLEOTIDE FROM A SEQUENCE
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• deletion
EXCHANGING NUCLEOTIDES IN A SEQUENCE
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• substitution
A GENE THAT IS NOT NEEDED IS HEAVILY METHYLATED AND SAID TO BE…
Answer
• Repressed (turned off, deactivated)
A GENE THAT IS BEING USED IS CALLED…
Answer
• Expressed (turned on, activated)