Transcript DNA Structure Copy Cats Protein Nucleic Acids RANDOM!

Instructions for
Life
JEOPARDY!!
Ch. 8 Integrated Science
With your host…Mrs. Painter!
DNA
Structure
Copy Cats
Protein
Nucleic
Acids
RANDOM!
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DNA Structure : 10
What is a DNA molecule
described as?
(Watson and Crick first
discovered this shape)
DNA Structure : 20
What two things make up the
“backbone” of DNA?
DNA Structure : 30
What bases pair together in
DNA?
DNA Structure : 40
Which scientists won the Nobel
prize for discovering structure
of DNA?
DNA Structure : 50
Photo 51 was taken by which
scientist?
(This was an integral part in
discovering the structure – yet
they didn’t receive credit for it)
Copy Cats: 10
What is the name of the process
in which DNA makes a copy of
itself?
Copy Cats: 20
If the template strand of DNA
reads A-T-G-G-C-T-A, what
would the complementary
stand be?
Copy Cats: 30
What is the process in which
DNA is used to make RNA?
Copy Cats: 40
If a strand of DNA reads
T-A-C-C-G-A-T, what would the
mRNA strand read?
Copy Cats: 50
What are the names of the
enzymes that help fix DNA
when mistakes occur?
Protein: 10
What are proteins made up of?
Protein: 20
What is the name of the process
where proteins are made from
RNA?
Protein: 30
How many bases make up a
codon?
Protein: 40
Use the table on pg. 432.
Translate the following codons:
AUG-GGA-CUA-GUA-UAA
Protein: 50
What would happen if a codon
that read CAA was changed to
CAG?
What if it was changed to CAU?
Nucleic Acids: 10
Which nucleic acid is single
stranded and has the sugar
ribose?
Nucleic Acids: 20
Which nucleic acid brings amino
acids to the ribosome to help
make proteins?
Nucleic Acids: 30
Which nucleic acid can replicate
itself and carries the code for
our traits?
Nucleic Acids: 40
What are the three types of
RNA?
Nucleic Acids: 50
What processes (2) occur in the
nucleus of the cell?
Which nucleic acids participate
in these processes?
RANDOM!: 10
What is a mutation?
RANDOM!: 20
What is the purpose of the start
codon?
What is the purpose of a stop
codon?
RANDOM!: 30
True or False: Mutations can be
beneficial.
RANDOM!: 40
What molecule has anticodons?
RANDOM!: 50
How can DNA sequences be
used to demonstrate how
organisms are related?