VOCAB #1: DNA, Chromosomes, and Genes

Process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule

(a)  

• replication
• mutation
• chromosome
• diploid

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L.8.2A.1

The abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid; an organism's genetic material

• chromosome

• DNA

• gene

• eukaryotic cell

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L.8.2A.1

Coiled and condensed fibers that form chromosomes

• replication

• chromosome

• chromatin

• centriole

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L.8.2A.1

Cell organelle responsible for making proteins

• nucleotide

• centriole

• ribosome

• chromosome

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L.8.2A.1

A cell with no membrane-bound structures or nucleus

• chromosome

• eukaryotic cell

• nucleotide

• prokaryotic cell

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L.8.2A.1

Section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

• centriole

• chromatin

• gene

• nucleotide

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L.8.2A.1

A molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group that forms the basic structural unit of DNA

• nucleotide

• chromosome

• chromatin

• replication

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L.8.2A.1

DNA that is tightly coiled and wrapped around proteins in the nucleus of a cell

• chromosome

• centriole

• chromatin

• nucleotide

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L.8.2A.1

A cell containing membrane-bound structures, including a nucleus

• prokaryotic cell

• eukaryotic cell

• gene

• chromosome

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L.8.2A.1

An organelle in animal cells that helps cells divide or make copies of themselves

• chromosome

• gene

• nucleotide

• centriole

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L.8.2A.1