DNA/RNA Vocab

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Chromosomes

Answer 2

A threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.

Question 3

Double helix

Answer 3

The shape of a DNA molecule

Question 4

Adenine

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Thymine

Answer 5

One of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated T

Question 6

Guanine

Answer 6

One of the four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated G

Question 7

Cytosine

Answer 7

One of four nitrogen bases that make up the rungs of DNA; it is abbreviated C

Question 8

Nitrogen bases

Answer 8

Molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements.

Question 11

Uracil

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Gene

Answer 12

A sequence of a DNA molecule that contains the information to code for one specific protein.

Question 12

DNA Replication

Answer 12

The process in which an identical copy of a DNA strand is formed for a new cell

Question 12

RNA

Answer 12

Ribonucleic acid; the genetic messenger that carries the genetic code from DNA inside the nucleus to the cytoplasm.