5.1 Melanin Quiz 22-23

Enables the body to properly absorb and use calcium, needed for proper bone development, and promotes rapid healing of the skin, and a healthy immune system.

• Folic Acid

• Eumelanin

• Vitamin D

• Pheomelanin

Produces brown to black pigments in skin color

• Folic Acid

• Eumelanin

• Vitamin D

• Pheomelanin

Produces yellow to red pigments in skin

• Folic Acid

• Eumelanin

• Vitamin D

• Pheomelanin

Distance north or south of the equator

• Latitude

• Gestation

• UV Index

• Synthesis

a scale from 0-11+ that provides an indicator of how intense UV radiation will be.

• Latitude

• Gestation

• UV Index

• Synthesis

synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

• Latitude

• Codon

• Transcription

• Synthesis

a sequence of three nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, e.g. TTA, UGC

• Rickets

• Codon

• Transcription

• Synthesis

combining parts into a whole; the process of making something

• Rickets

• Transcription

• Synthesis

• Pheomelanin

vitamin D deficiency; causes bone deformity

• Rickets

• Transcription

• Synthesis

• Gestation

growth process from conception to birth

• Rickets

• Transcription

• Synthesis

• Gestation