DNA/RNA

Question 1

chromosomes

Answer 1

A threadlike structure within a cells nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next

Question 2

double helix

Answer 2

The twisted ladder structure of DNA

Question 3

nitrogen bases

Answer 3

Molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements that makes up the rungs of DNA

Question 4

adenine

Answer 4

One of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA ; A

Question 5

thymine

Answer 5

One of the four nitrogen bases that makes up the rungs of DNA ; T

Question 6

guanine

Answer 6

One of the nitrogen bases of the DNA ;g

Question 7

cytosine

Answer 7

One of the nitrogen bases in the DNA ;c

Question 8

gene

Answer 8

the basic physical unit of heredity

Question 9

DNA replication

Answer 9

DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA strand is formed for a new cell

Question 10

RNA

Answer 10

ribonucleic acid; the genetic messages that carries the genetic code from DNA inside the nucleus to the cytoplasm

Question 11

uracil

Answer 11

A nitrogen base base found in RNA instead of thymine ; abbreviated U

Question 12

DNA

Answer 12

Deoxyribonucleic acid the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from the parent to the offspring