Download Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab [1/13/2016]

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Title:
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Purpose: To determine
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Hypothesis:
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Materials:
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Procedure:
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Results: (A summary of what you learned in two to three sentences.)
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Data: (Table/Graph/Diagrams)
Discussion Questions:
1.
What makes up an amino acid?
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What does a long string of amino acids form?
3. Proteins act as a chemical ________________ and messengers for many processes in
your body.
4. What traits can proteins determine?
5. What does DNA stand for?
6. What does RNA stand for?
7. Summarize how a protein is made?
8. Sometimes a base is left out, this is known as a ____________________.
9. An extra base is added, this is known as _____________________________.
10. Sometimes, a wrong base is used, this is known as a _______________________.
11. Why do mutations occur?
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12. What is a mutagen?
13. Give examples of mutagens?
14. A simple change in an amino acid could cause what disease?
15. Sickle cell disease affects the ______________ blood cells?
16. What does sickle cell disease do to the red blood cells?
17. What is genetic engineering?
18. How is DNA unique?
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Conclusion (Was hypothesis correct or incorrect, summarize data, and future
plans).