12.1 science vocab

Question 0

Bacteriophage

Answer 0

a virus that infects bacteria

Question 1

transformation

Answer 1

the process where one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria

Question 2

nucleotide

Answer 2

monomer of nucleic acids made up of a sugar, phosphate and base

Question 3

base pairing

Answer 3

principle that bonds in DNA can form only between A-T and between G-C

Question 4

result Griffith’s experiment

Answer 4

in transformation, something caused bacteria that weren’t affective to become affective when in the presence of affective bacteria. He found a transforming factor.

Question 5

result of avery’s experiment

Answer 5

DNA is the transforming factor

Question 6

result of Hershey-Chase experiment

Answer 6

DNA is a genetic material

Question 7

who discovered DNA

Answer 7

Watson and Crick, with help of Franklin’s X-ray. the found out DNA was a double helix with bases on the inside.

Question 8

Chargaff’s rule

Answer 8

the same number of A and T bases are in any sample of DNA as well as G-C bases

Question 9

DNA replication

Answer 9

DNA is split by a protein and two new sides were added making a new and old side