DNA Review

DNA

Open Ended

Warm-Up:

1. 1. What is water?

2. 2. Why is water important for living things?

DNA: Fact or Fib

Realize Reader (savvasrealize.com)

In your notebooks:

1. One fact about nucleic acids.
2. One fib about nucleic acids.


Your fact/fib should be a claim about the function, elements, monomers, etc. of nucleic acids.

​DNA Basics

(You'll need your Biomolecules Wheel from last time.)


Review: Add the following information about nucleic acid to your wheel:

1. What elements from the periodic table are present in nucleic acids such as DNA?

2. What monomer are DNA strands composed of?

3. Identify two functions of DNA. (What do cells do with DNA?)

​Review: DNA Structure

As you watch, feel free to start the DNA Study Guide 1.

Open Ended

30% of a cell's DNA bases are adenine (A).

What percentage of the bases are thymine (T) ?

What percentage are guanine (G)?

What percentage are cytosine (C)?

​Function 1 of DNA: Replication

1. Before the video: Why is it important that DNA can be copied?

1. Response Card: Describe the process during which DNA is replicated. Your response needs to include the functions of the enzymes mentioned in the video.

​Function 2 of DNA: Genetic Code

*We will go over the Protein Synthesis process in detail on a different day.


Review Central Doctrine of Biology


DNA -----------> ___________ ------------> __________ (traits)

​Which Organisms Have DNA?

1. What kinds of organisms have DNA? List any that you can think of.

1. .

Multiple Choice

Answer:

• A

• B

• C

• D