Science Quiz #2

Question 1

Protein

Answer 1

Makes up the characteristics of life

Question 2

Genetic Mutation

Answer 2

A change in one or more genes

Question 3

Protein Synthesis

Answer 3

Process where DNA is transcribed into RNA which reads the amino acids that make protein

Question 4

Nucleotides

Answer 4

The bases that make strands of DNA and RNA

Question 5

Genetic Disorder

Answer 5

A disease caused by changes, mutation in one’s DNA

Question 6

DNA Replication

Answer 6

When 2 strands of DNA are copied and and produce identical strands

Question 7

Base Sequence

Answer 7

The order of base pairs along the strand of DNA

Question 8

Amino Acids

Answer 8

Put together to make protein based on the instruction the DNA contained

Question 9

mRNA

Answer 9

Strands for messenger RNA

Question 10

Base Pairs

Answer 10

2 DNA nucleotide bases pair together and form a twisted rope type strand

Question 11

Insertion Mutation

Answer 11

When a new base is added

Question 12

Deletion Mutation

Answer 12

When a base is deleted on not read

Question 13

Substitution Mutation

Answer 13

When a base is substituted for another base

Question 14

What is DNA?

Answer 14

The molecule that carries genetic information for the functioning organism

Question 15

What is RNA?

Answer 15

A nucleic acid in living cells that are structured similarly to DNA