DNA, Mitosis, and Osmosis Vocabulary

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What is the threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information?

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Chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Front

What is the region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach?

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Centromere

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Front

What is the process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself?

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Replication

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What describes the shape of a DNA molecule?

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double helix

Front

True or False: Nucleotides are made of a molecule of deoxyribose, connected to a phosphate & a nitrogen base, and they make up one side of the DNA double helix.

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true

Front

What are the building blocks of DNA?

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Nucleotides

Front

What are the four nitrogen bases found in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

Front

What is the process by which messenger RNA is synthesized from a DNA template?

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Transcription

Front

What is the process by which proteins are synthesized from mRNA?

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Translation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Front

What is the term for the division of a cell's nucleus during cell division?

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Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4