DNA Vocabulary

What is DNA?

• a type of hair color

• set of instructions to build a living organism

• video explaining why people look different

• a type of cell

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The process of DNA making an EXACT copy of itself.

• Replication

• Photosynthesis

• Mutation

• Translucent

What is a gene?

• a pair of pants

• set of pictures

• a specific set of nucleotides that code for a protein

• a unit of measurement

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The process of DNA being used to make mRNA.

• Replication

• Transcription

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

The basic building block of DNA. This is made up of a phosphate, deoxyribose, and a base.

• Roll Tide

• Phloem

• Xylem

• Nucleotide

What is mRNA?

• messenger RNA that codes for a protein

• nonsense

• an EXACT copy of DNA

• an EXACT copy of a cell

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The process of mRNA being used to make a protein.

• Sublimation

• Diffusion

• Translation

• Osmosis

What is a codon?

• a mutation

• a set of 3 mRNA bases that code for an amino acid

• the cousin of a proton

• a horse

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A molecule that links together to build a protein.

• carbohydrates

• muscles

• fat

• amino acid

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The complete process of DNA being used to build a protein. This process happens in 2 stages: transcription and translation.

• Photosynthesis

• Protein Synthesis

• Amputation

• Megasis

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