Genes and DNA

What acts as a chemical trigger and messenger for cell processes?

• gene

• protein

• nucleotide

• ribosome

• double helix

A cell organelle where proteins are synthesized by messenger RNA and transfer RNA

• mutagen

• chromosome

• nucleotide

• ribosome

• gene

long strands of DNA and proteins in a eukaryotic cell

• gene

• chromatin

• chromosome

• mutation

• protein

a change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule that can affect the protein the DNA codes for

• mutation

• gene

• chromosome

• protein

• mutagen

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

any physical or chemical agent that can cause a mutation in DNA

• gene

• nucleotide

• mutation

• mutagen

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a subunit of a nucleic-acid chain that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a base

• gene

• chromatin

• ribosome

• nucleotide

• mutation

cell structures made of protein and DNA

• ribosome

• chromosome

• protein

• nucleotide

• chromatin

twisted ladder structure of DNA with sides made of alternating sugar and phosphate parts and rungs made of complementary bases

• chromatin

• protein

• double helix

• mutagen

usually, a set of instructions for making a particular protein

• chromatin

• gene

• chromosome

• nucleotide

• double helix

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the code for a specific amino acid?

• a set of two bases

• a group of three bases

• two base pairs

• a single base