DNA:CODE OF LIFE

Question 1

Amino acid

Answer 1

The monomer of a protein molecule

Question 2

Anticodon

Answer 2

The three adjacent nitrogenous bases found on tRNA molecule that will determine which amino acid will be brought to the ribosome

Question 3

Base triplet

Answer 3

The three adjacent nitrogenous bases found on a DNA strand

Question 4

Centromere

Answer 4

The structure that holds the two chromatids together to form a chromosome

Question 5

Chromatid

Answer 5

The individual threads that form a chromosome

Question 6

Chromatin

Answer 6

Tangled network of chromosomes located within the nucleas before division

Question 7

Codon

Answer 7

Three adjacent nitrogenous bases found on the mRNA that code for a specific amino acid

Question 8

DNA profile

Answer 8

Barcode pattern formed by the base sequence of prepared, processed DNA.

Question 9

DNA profiling

Answer 9

The process where a specific DNA pattern, called a DNA profile, is obtained from a person or sample of bodily tissue

Question 10

DNA replication

Answer 10

The formation of an exact copy of the DNA in a cell

Question 11

DNA

Answer 11

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) consists of genes that that characterise for all the traits

Question 12

Double helix

Answer 12

DNA is made up of two strands that are twisted together (the natural shape of DNA)

Question 13

Gene

Answer 13

Segment of a DNA molecule that codes for a specific characteristic

Question 14

Genome

Answer 14

It is a full set of genes /all the genes found in a particular organism

Question 15

Hydrogen bond

Answer 15

A weak bond which links nitrogenous base pairs in the DNA molecule

Question 16

Interphase

Answer 16

Phase of the cell cycle during which DNA replication occurs

Question 17

Messenger RNA(mRNA)

Answer 17

A type of RNA involved in protein synthesis.DNA is transcribed into mRNA

Question 18

Mitochondrial DNA

Answer 18

The type of DNA found only in the mitochondria

Question 19

Monomere

Answer 19

A single unit that makes up a large molecule

Question 20

Mutation

Answer 20

A sudden and relatively permanent gene /chromosonal change

Question 21

Chromosomal mutation

Answer 21

Changes in the chromosome number or structure of the chromosomes

Question 22

Gene Mutation

Answer 22

Is a change in the sequence of a nitrogenous base /nucleotides in DNA/monomers

Question 23

Nitrogenous Bases

Answer 23

The(adenine and guanine) and (thymine, cytosine and uracil) that construct DNA and RNA molecules

Question 24

Nucleolus

Answer 24

Structure in the nucleas responsible for forming ribosomal RNA

Question 25

Nucleoplasm

Answer 25

That part of the protoplasm within the nucleas

Question 26

Nucleotide

Answer 26

A monomer of DNA and RNA, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a deoxyribose /ribose sugar, and a phosphate group

Question 27

Pepetide bond

Answer 27

A bond between two adjacent amino acids

Question 28

Ribosome

Answer 28

An organelle where protein synthesis takes place

Question 29

RNA(ribonucleic acid)

Answer 29

A nucleic acid that occurs as a single strand which contains uracil

Question 30

Synthesis

Answer 30

Is an anabolic process where monomers are combined into macro molecules

Question 31

Transcription

Answer 31

The synthesis of mRNA from DNA template

Question 32

Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Answer 32

An RNA molecule that carries amino acids to the ribosomes to form a protein

Question 33

Translation

Answer 33

The process of converting the information carried by mRNA to the correct sequence of amino acids at the ribosome