Basic building block of protein molecules

• amino acid

• nucleotide

• nitrogenous base

• karyotype

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Change or random error in a DNA sequence

• codon

• mutation

• exceed

• transcription

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

DNA is...

• a protein that is the master copy of an organism's genetic information

• a nucleic acid that uses protein pairs to synthesize amino acids

• a nucleic acid that is the master copy of an organism's genetic information

• a simple sugar molecule that uses protein pairs to synthesize amino acids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Smoking is ______________ to your health and can potentially cause cancer.

• detrimental

• beneficial

• naturally selective

• synthesis

The creation or combination of something

• mutation

• transcription

• translation

• synthesis

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Large, complex polymer essential to all life. (examples: enzymes and chemical messengers)

• proteins

• nucleotides

• karyotypes

• DNA

Composed of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base. These are the building blocks of DNA.

• codon

• nucleotide

• protein

• amino acid

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Examples are: cytosine, adenine, thymine, and guanine.

• nitrogenous bases

• sugars

• phosphate groups

• amino acids

Codons are a ...

• set of 2 nitrogenous bases that represent a protein

• set of 3 nitrogenous bases that represent an amino acid

• set of 2 nitrogenous bases that represent an amino acid

• set of 3 nitrogenous bases that represent a protein

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Process in the cell nucleus where enzymes made an RNA copy of a DNA strand

• DNA replication

• transcription

• translation