💎DNA, Protein Synthesis, & Biotechnology Vocab Quizizz

3 nucleotides on tRNA complementary to a sequence of 3 nucleotides on mRNA.

• Plasmid

• Codon

• Transcription

• Anticodon

Using science for medical or agricultural advances (disease-resistant corn, developing vaccines)

• Biotechnology (also called "Biotech")

• Mutations

• Electrophoresis

• Polymerase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Sequence of 3 nucleotides that code for an amino acid, located on DNA or mRNA.

• RNA

• Codon

• Plasmid

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Specific type of biotechnology that alters genes of an organism to modify it's characteristics (disease-resistant crops, for example)

• Translation

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Transcription

• Genetic Engineering

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

RNA that carries instructions for making proteins from DNA to the ribosomes.

• Messenger RNA

  (mRNA)

• Transfer RNA (tRNA)

• Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

• All RNA

A change to the nucleotide sequence, which changes the amino acid it originally coded for.

• Translation

• Genetic Engineering

• Mutation

• Plasmid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Macromolecule that carries protein instructions to ribosomes, makes up ribosomes, aand brings amino acids to the ribosomes (messenger, ribosomal, and transfer).

• Phosphorus

• DNA

• Mutagen

• RNA

ENZYME that catalyzes synthesis of RNA by transcribing RNA from DNA

• DNA Polymerase

• Mutation

• RNA Polymerase

• Genetic Engineering

Process of unwinding DNA (A, T, C, G) and using 1 of it's 2 strands as a template to make mRNA (A, U, C, G), using the same language of nucleotides (A, T, U, C, G).

• Biotechnology

• Translation

• Plasmid

• Transcription

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Brings specific amino acids to a growing protein chain based on it's anticodon

• All RNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA