DNA

Question 0

What does DNA stand for?

Answer 0

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 1

What are chromosomes?

Answer 1

Really long molecules of DNA

Question 2

What is DNA?

Answer 2

Contains all instructions to put an organism together and make it work

Question 3

Where is DNA found?

Answer 3

Nucleus of animal and plant cells, in chromosomes

Question 4

What is a gene?

Answer 4

Section of DNA

Question 5

How do cells make proteins?

Answer 5

By stringing amino acids together in a particular order

Question 6

What do genes do?

Answer 6

Tell cells in what order to put amino acids together

Question 7

What does DNA do?

Answer 7

Determines what proteins the cell produces and determines what type is cell is produced e.g. Red blood cell

Question 8

What can DNA fingerprinting be used for?

Answer 8

1) forensic science- DNA taken from crime scenes and compares with DNA sample from a suspect
2) paternity testing- to see if a man is a particular child

Question 9

What is the structure of a DNA called

Answer 9

Double helix