vocabulary quiz

the process of copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule.

• Replication

• Mutation

• transcription

• RNA

the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic (dee AHK sih ri boh noo klee ihk) acid, an organism's genetic material.

• DNA

• Signal

• replication

• Mutation

the process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.

• natural selection

• camouflage

• translation

• replication

a molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.

• nucleotide

• digital signal

• mimicry

• transcription

the unwanted modification of a signal.

• noise

• natural selection

• digital signal

• mimicry

encoded signal with two values to or from a computer.

• binary numbers

• replication

• translation

• genetic engineering

ribonucleic acid, a type of nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.

• RNA

• replication

• mutation

• natural selection

the biological and chemical methods that change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene.

• genetic engineering

• camouflage

• DNA

• signal

a permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome.

• mutation

• DNA

• variation

• translation

an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment.

• camouflage

• natural selection

• replication

• nucleotide