Chapter 12 Vocab Assignment
Use your textbook to define the following vocabulary words, found in chapter 12. Try to find the
definition in the context of the chapter rather than going straight to the glossary!
Transformation
DNA Polymerase
Translation
Bacteriophage
Messenger RNA
Anticodon
Nucleotide
Ribosomal RNA
Mutation
Base pairing
Transfer RNA
Point Mutation
Chromatin
Transcription
Frameshift Mutation
Histone
RNA Polymerase
Replication
Codon
Then, answer the following questions, while reading chapter 12. These questions should be answered in
your vocab notebook.
Chapter 12-1 and 12-2 Reading Questions.
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Describe the experiments of Frederick Griffith, including the date of his work and his
nationality.
What was Griffith’s primary discovery?
Describe the experiments of Oswald Avery, including date of his work and his nationality.
What was Avery’s primary discovery?
Describe the experiments of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, including date of their work and
their nationality.
What was Hershey and Chase’s primary discovery?
What are the four nucleotides that make up DNA?
How do these nucleotides pair in DNA?
What is a replication fork?
What role does DNA Polymerase play in DNA replication?
Draw a diagram of a piece of DNA undergoing replication. (Check out Figure 12-11!) Label the
replication fork, and show the complimentary new strand of DNA that would be produced, using
the letters A, C, G, T and what you know about how they pair with each other.
Chapter 12-3 and 12-4 Reading Questions.
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These should be complete by 2/25 and 2/26.
These should be complete by 3/2 and 3/3.
What are the three types of RNA and what are their jobs?
What happens during transcription?
What happens during translation?
Describe the three main differences between RNA and DNA.
Use Figure 12-17 to determine the amino acid sequence based
on the following messenger RNA strand codes: UGGCAGUGC
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What is a gene mutation?
What is a chromosomal mutation?
What is a point mutation?
What are two kinds of frameshift mutations?
What are four types of chromosomal mutations?
This assignment is due
March 2nd and March 3rd!