Bio DNA vocabulary

DNA is composed of two strands twisted together

• DNA replication

• nitrogenous base

• double helix

• transcription

DNA in the chromosome is copied in this process

• double helix

• translation

• transcription

• DNA replication

enzymes make a RNA copy of a portion of a DNA strand in the nucleus

• translation

• replication

• transcription

• meiosis

any change in the DNA sequence

• codon

• mutation

• transcription

• replication

any agent that can cause a change in DNA

• mutagen

• replication

• meiosis

• transcription

Nucleic acid  that is a single helix, has the nitrogenous base uracil, and ribose sugar

• DNA
• RNA
• lipids
• proteins

Nucleic acid that is a double helix, adenine, thymine, cytocine and guanine are the nitrogen bases, and has deoxyribose sugar.

• DNA
• RNA
• Lipids
• Proteins

If A matches with T, G matches with?

• T

• A

• C

This is a combination of a base, sugar, and phosphate for DNA?

• protein

• nucleotide

• amino acid

This process takes place when DNA is copied before a new cell is made?

• replication

• translation

• transcription