RNA AND DNA

Question 1

RNA

Answer 1

Nucleic acid that consists of a long chain of nucleotides

Question 2

Messenger RNA

Answer 2

Carries info from DNA to other parts of the cell

Question 3

Ribosomal RNA

Answer 3

Forms an important part of both subunits of the ribosome

Question 4

Transcription

Answer 4

Segment of DNA serve as templates to produce complementary RNA molecules

Question 5

RNA Polymerase

Answer 5

Binds to DNA during transcription and separates the DNA strands

Question 6

Introns

Answer 6

The portions that are cut out and discarded

Question 7

Promoters

Answer 7

Regions of DNA that have specific base sequences

Question 8

Exons

Answer 8

Remaining pieces that are spliced back together

Question 9

Polypeptides

Answer 9

Long chains formed by joining amino acids together

Question 10

Where are proteins made

Answer 10

Ribosomes in cytoplasm

Question 11

Amino acids linked together form…

Answer 11

Protein

Question 12

Total number of codons

Answer 12

64

Question 13

Total number of amino acids

Answer 13

20

Question 14

Genetic information

Answer 14

DNA –> mRNA –> Protien

Question 15

Four types of chromosomal mutation

Answer 15

Deletion, duplication, inversion, translocation

Question 16

Translation

Answer 16

The decoding of a mRNA message into a protein

Question 17

Two things that cause mutations

Answer 17

Cigarettes and UV Radiation

Question 18

Oncogenes

Answer 18

Genes that cause cancer One turned on by mutations