Unit 5 Cell Growth and Reproduction Vocabulary

The molecule that stores genetic information in all living things.

• DNA

• Transcription

• ribosome

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The part of a DNA molecule that codes for a protein

• Translation

• DNA

• Gene

• Interphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The process by which genetic information is used to make a protein.

• Gene expression

• Transcritption

• Translation

• Chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A single piece of DNA, made up of genes

• DNA

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Ribosome

The process in which genetic information from DNA is copied to mRNA

• Translation

• Gene expression

• Transcription

• Replication

The process of synthesizing proteins from mRNA sequences.

• Translation

• Cytokinesis

• Replication

• Transcription

Small structure made of rRNA that is considered the protein factory of the cell.

• Ribosome

• Gene

• DNA

• Chromosome

Describes the stages of a single cell's life.

• Translation

• Gene expression

• Cell cycle

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Longest phase of the cell cycle , during which the cell grows, and replicates its DNA.

• Cytokinesis

• Interphase

• Cycle cycle

• Mitosis

The form of cell division that produces somatic (body) cells.

• DNA replication

• Cytokinesis

• Gene

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4