DNA & RNA Vocabulary

Question 1

chromosomes

Answer 1

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

Question 2

double helix

Answer 2

The shape of a DNA molecule

Question 3

nitrogen bases

Answer 3

Molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements

Question 4

adenine

Answer 4

One of the things to represent the nitrogen bases

Question 5

DNA

Answer 5

Stands for deoxyribonucleic acid

The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parents to offsprings

Question 6

guanine

Answer 6

One of the things to represent the nitrogen bases

Question 7

cytosine

Answer 7

On of the things to represent the nitrogen bases

Question 8

gene

Answer 8

Gene forms a genetic code that specifies what type of protein will be produced

Question 9

DNA replication

Answer 9

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

Question 10

RNA

Answer 10

The messaged inside the nucleus that sends DNA to the cytoplasm