DNA FLASHCARD 1

Front

What are the chemical components of a DNA nucleotide?

Back

a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base.

Front

the building block of DNA is___?

Back

nucleotide

Front

In a strand of DNA, if it contains 20% of Thymine, then how much Guanine would be present?

Back

30%

Front

Why is DNA important?

Back

it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

Front

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

Back

Replication

Front

What does this picture represent? Options: amino acid, base pairing, nucleotide, the DNA molecule

Back

nucleotide

Front

DNA carries the instructions to make ____________.

Back

proteins

Front

What is the function of DNA polymerase?

Back

builds the new strands of DNA by connecting nucleotides

Front

What did Erwin Chargaff conclude from his experiments?

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A and T, C and G always occur in equal amounts

Front

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule? Options: the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases, the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases, the color of the nitrogen bases, the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases