What do the letters DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What do the letters RNA stand for?
Ribonucleic acid
DNA and RNA are polymers?, which means that they made up of many repeating single units
(monomers?). What are the monomers called?
nucleotides
What is the name of the sugar in RNA?
ribose
There are four different variations of these monomers (four different bases) in DNA. What
are the names of those bases?
adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
There are four different variations of these monomers in RNA. What are the names of those bases?
adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine
Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries the instructions to make _______________ from the DNA
protein
The process of producing mRNA from instructions in the DNA is called ______________
transcription
During transcription, the DNA molecule unwinds and separates, exposing the bases of the nucleotides. Free RNA _________________ pair with the exposed bases on the DNA.
nucleotides
There is no _____________ in RNA.
thymine
What sugar does RNA contain?
ribose
Which molecule contains the original code for a protein?
DNA
Where is the DNA found in the cell?
The Nucleus
What molecules make a complimentary copy of the original code and carries it to the ribosome?
mRNA
Nucleotides are to DNA what ______________ are to Proteins.
Amino acids
What does one protein molecule contain?
many amino acids
The sequence of one protein is coded by what?
one gene
Which nitrogen base takes the place of thymine in mRNA?
uracil
What is ribose?
Sugar in RNA nucleotide
What molecule, similar to ribose, is found in DNA?
deoxyribose
. What is the name of the process of making a strand of mRNA from a strand of DNA?
transcription
Where, in the cell, does transcription take place?
nucleus
Which type of RNA copies DNA's instructions in the nucleus?
mRNA
Are both strands of DNA copied during transcription?
no
. What family of molecules does DNA belong to?
Nucleic? ?Acids
What kinds of bonds form between the paired bases to hold the two strands of DNA together?
Hydrogen