Focus Question: What does DNA look like?
Relevant Vocabulary:
DNA
Thymine
Deoxyribose
Nucleic Acid
Adenine
Phosphate
Nucleotide
Guanine
Double Helix
Cytosine
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Who are the key scientists who helped in the discovery of the structure of DNA? (4)
Explain the structure of DNA.
What are the components of a nucleotide of DNA?
4. How do the terms, chromosome, gene, and DNA relate?
5. How long is the average gene?
6. What is the complimentary strand to a DNA molecule that reads
A T T C C G A A T G G A T C C T A C T T C G
7. How is a code that only consists of four letters account for all the diversity of living
organisms on earth?

How does DNA code for our traits?
Relevant Vocabulary:
DNA
Ribosome
Shift)
RNA(m, r, t)
Codon
RNA polymerase
Central Dogma (DNA->RNA->Protein->Trait)
Amino Acid
Enzyme
Ribose
Protein
Mutation(Point vs
Uracil
1. Create a 3 column T-chart comparing and contrasting DNA and RNA
2. Is one or both sides of the DNA strand copied in transcription?
3. What are the differences between mRNA and tRNA ?
4. How many base pairs are in a codon? What does it code for?
5. How many different amino acids are there?
6. How do the terms amino acid and protein relate?
7. What are the functions of proteins in the body?
8. Where does transcription take place?
9. Where does translation take place?
10. What is a mutation?
11. What is the difference between a point mutation and a frame shift mutation? Which one has a more dramatic effect?
12. What is the mRNA sequence to the following DNA strand?
A T T C G G C C A C G T A T G C A A T G C
13. What is the amino acid sequence for the above mRNA strand?