Transcript Protein Synthesis Scavenger Hunt

Protein Synthesis Scavenger Hunt
Review Questions & Answers
Sponagle
• Question: Traits that are carried on the X
chromosome are said to be ______?
• Answer: Sex-linked
Sponagle
• Question: Blood type alleles A&B are said to
follow this inheritance pattern.
• Answer: Co-dominance
Richardson
• Question: Type of bond that forms between
nitrogenous bases of DNA.
• Answer: Hydrogen
Richardson
• Question: Type of RNA that carries the DNA
code out of the nucleus.
• Answer: Messenger RNA or mRNA
Taney
• Question: He was the “Father of Genetics”
• Answer: Mendel
Taney
• Question: The allele that is masked by another
is said to be_______.
• Answer: Recessive
Nurse’s office
• Question: The sugar found in RNA
• Answer: Ribose
Nurse’s office
• Question: Chromosomes are made up of DNA
wrapped around proteins called ________.
• Answer: Histones
Guidance office
• Question: Chromosomes that are the same
shape, size, and carry the genes for the same
trait but are NOT identical.
• Answer: Homologous chromsomes
Guidance office
• Question: The physical appearance that an
organism inherits.
• Answer: Phenotype
Neumaier
• Question: Sodium and potassium travel across
the cell membrane via protein channels and
require energy to go against the concentration
gradient. What type of transport is this an
example of?
• Answer: Active Transport
Neumaier
• Question: The movement of water down the
concentration gradient is called _________.
• Answer: Osmosis
Breden
• Question: Phase of the cell cycle where the
number of chromosomes doubles
• Answer: Interphase-(S-phase)
Breden
• Question: After meiosis, each human gamete
has _____ number of chromosomes.
• Answer: 23
Brown
• Question: The organelle responsible for
converting light energy into chemical energy.
• Answer: Chloroplast
Brown
• Question: In the equation for cellular
respiration, what are the 2 reactants?
• Answer: Glucose & oxygen
Walmer
• Question: The monomer of proteins is
_______?
• Answer: amino acids
Walmer
• Question: This element is found in ALL organic
compounds because of its ability to form 4
covalent bonds.
• Answer: Carbon
Reichley
• Question: Water’s ability to stick to other
water molecules produces surface tension.
What is this property of water?
• Answer: Cohesion
Reichley
• Question: What property of water explains
why ice floats in water?
• Answer: Less dense as a solid than a liquid
(volume increases D=m/v)
Hummel
• Question: Name the organelle(s) that both
prokaryotes and eukaryotes BOTH share.
• Answer: Ribosomes or cell membrane
Hummel
• Question: Bacteria are an example of what
type of cell? (Hint they have no membrane
bound organelles)
• Answer: Prokaryote
Fulmer
• Question: Programmed cell death or “Cell
Suicide” is called ________?
• Answer: Apoptosis
Fulmer
• Question: This organelle is responsible for
breaking down worn out organelles, food
bacteria, etc.
• Answer: lysosomes
Cardi
• Question: Term used to describe the head of
phospholipids which are “water loving”
• Answer: Hydrophillic
Cardi
• Question: Term used to describe the tails of a
phospholipid which are “water fearing”.
• Answer: Hydrophobic
ISS
• Question: When chromosomes fail to separate
during Anaphase I or II of meiosis.
• Answer: Nondisjunction
ISS
• Question: Two sister chromatids are held
together at this point.
• Answer: Centromere