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Molecular Genetics Bluff
Scientists
DNA
Replication Transcription Translation
Structure
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question Scientists
Who was the scientist that worked
with mice and discovered bacterial
transformation?
$100 Answer Scientists
Griffith
$200 Question Scientists
What scientist worked with x-ray
crystallography and discovered the
structure of DNA?
$200 Answer Scientists
Rosalind Franklin
$300 Question Scientists
What 2 scientists built the first
model of DNA?
$300 Answer Scientists
Watson and Crick
$400 Question Scientists
Who concluded that the genetic material
of a bacteriophage is DNA?
$400 Answer Scientists
Hershey and Chase
$500 Question Scientists
Who found that in DNA the amount of
adenine always equaled thymine and that
the amount of guanine always equaled
cytosine?
$500 Answer Scientists
Chargaff
$100 Question DNA Structure
What does DNA stand for?
$100 Answer DNA Structure
Deoxyribonucleic acid
$200 Question DNA Structure
What are the 3 parts of a
nucleotide of DNA?
$200 Answer DNA Structure
1) phosphate group
2) 5 carbon sugar
3) nitrogen base
$300 Question DNA Structure
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
$300 Answer DNA Structure
nucleotide
$400 Question DNA Structure
What type of bonds connect
2 strands of DNA?
$400 Answer DNA Structure
Hydrogen bonds
$500 Question DNA Structure
What 4 nitrogenous
bases are found in
DNA?
$500 Answer DNA Structure
1) Adenine
2) Thymine
3) Cytosine
4) Guanine
$100 Question Replication
When does our DNA replicate?
$100 Answer Replication
S phase of interphase
$200 Question Replication
Why does our DNA
replicate?
$200 Answer Replication
so that each of our daughter cells
receives an exact copy
$300 Question Replication
What enzymes are involved
in DNA replication and what
is their function?
$300 Answer Replication
helicase and DNA polymerase
$400 Question Replication
DNA replication produces 2
strands that are half old and
half new. What is this called?
$400 Answer Replication
semiconservative
$500 Question Replication
What is the function of
helicase?
$500 Answer Replication
to unwind DNA and unzip hydrogen bonds
$100 Question Transcription
What happens in transcription?
$100 Answer Transcription
mRNA is made
$200 Question Transcription
Where does transcription
occur?
$200 Answer Transcription
in the nucleus
$300 Question Transcription
Why does transcription happen?
$300 Answer Transcription
so that proteins can be made
$400 Question Transcription
What is the 5-carbon sugar in
RNA?
$400 Answer Transcription
ribose
$500 Question Transcription
What is a codon?
$500 Answer Transcription
3 base sequence of RNA
$100 Question Translation
What happens in translation?
$100 Answer Translation
protein is made from mRNA
$200 Question Translation
What is a gene?
$200 Answer Translation
A small section of DNA that
codes for a protein
$300 Question Translation
What organelle performs
translation?
$300 Answer Translation
ribosome
$400 Question Translation
What molecule carries
the anti-codon?
$400 Answer Translation
tRNA
$500 Question Translation
How many DNA
nucleotides are needed to
code for a protein that is
150 amino acids long?
$500 Answer Translation
450
Final Jeopardy
In a strand of DNA, if there are a
total of 30 bases, and 5 are adenine
bases, how many cytosine bases are
there?
Final Jeopardy Answer
10 cytosine and guanine
and 5 thymine