Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz

What are amino acids?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is a codon?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is a deletion mutation?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What are germ-line cells?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is an insertion mutation?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is mRNA?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Coding strand of RNA that carries genetic information from the DNA to ribosomes where it then specifies how to build proteins

What is a mutation?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• Change in DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What are nucleic acids?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A group of organic molecules that includes DNA and RNA, which store and transmit genetic information used for protein synthesis

• One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is a nucleotide?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• The building blocks of nucleic acids consisting of a sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

What is protein synthesis?

• A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

• A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

• Cellular process used to make proteins, which includes transcription and translation

• Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism