| A | B |
|---|
| Is DNA a molecule? | yes |
| "DNA has all of the information necessary for a cell to ___, ___, and to ___." | "function, grow, and divide" |
| Are proteins composed of amino acids? | yes |
| Are amino acids composed of proteins? | no |
| Are all proteins the same size? | no |
| DNA has the shape of ___. | a double-helix |
| How many different nucleotides are there in DNA? | four |
| The nucleotides in DNA | "adenline, thymine, cytosine, and guanine" |
| How many DNA copies are created during replication? | two |
| Ribonucleic acid | RNA |
| The process of creating a strand of RNA | transcription |
| Is RNA needed to make proteins? | yes |
| Does RNA carry the information from DNA to ribosomes? | yes |
| Where do the amino acids come together to make a protein? | in the ribosomes |
| The process of transferring information from DNA to RNA | transcription |
| "Like DNA, RNA is made up of ___ nucleotides." | four |
| "What gets transcribed, individual genes, or the whole DNA sequence?" | individual genes |
| The process for creating two DNA molecules | replication |
| Can more than one RNA strand be transcribed from the same DNA gene? | yes |
| When the RNA is used to make proteins | translation |
| The little balls that get linked together by the ribosomes are called ___. | amino acids |
| "When the ribosome reaches the end of the RNA molecule, the chain of amino acids is released. What is this chain of amino acids called?" | protein |
| Can DNA be extracted from wheat germ? | yes |
| When extracting DNA what can be used to separate the DNA? | detergent |
| Another name for making a protein is protein ___. | synthesis |
| "After the DNA is transcribed to the RNA, what does the DNA do?" | zips closed |
| The messenger RNA goes to what organelle? | ribosome |
| Amino acids are linked by a ___ bond. | peptide |
| "The chain of amino acids formed in the ribosome is initially called a polypeptide, but when it is very long it is called a ___." | protein |
