Name: _________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: _____ DNA and Transcription Tutorial Directions: Start the program titled “DNA and Transcription tutorial.” Press the F5button to start the tutorial. Do not use the keyboard during this tutorial. It will interfere with the timing mechanisms of the slideshow. Genes and DNA 1. What is a gene? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. How many genes do humans contain? __________________________________________________ 3. What is the monomer of a protein? _____________________________________________________ Genes 4. What is created from the instructions found within genes? __________________________________ 5. Where are genes located? ____________________________________________________________ 6. Which organelle creates proteins? _____________________________________________________ Meet Melissa 7. What is Melissa’s task? ______________________________________________________________ 8. What do construction blue-prints contain? _______________________________________________ 9. What do genes contain? _____________________________________________________________ 10. Which cells contain the diploid chromosome number? _____________________________________ Transcription 11. Define TRANSCRIPTION. _________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Where is DNA stored? ______________________________________________________________ 13. What is the function of RNA polymerase _________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Which type of organic molecule is RNA polymerase? ______________________________________ 15. What happens once the entire strand of DNA has been separated? _________________________________________________________________________________ Transcription Rules 16. Fill in the transcription table below. DNA A T C G mRNA Predicting Transcription 17. Perform transcription and click on the proper RNA base that will match with the given DNA base. DNA T A C A G G T mRNA 18. In order, list 3 things that happen once the mRNA is created. a. ___________________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________________ Fate of the DNA 19. After the mRNA is created, what happens to the separated DNA? ____________________________ The Final Stage 20. Why is a fax a good analogy to mRNA? ________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What is the construction site of a protein? _______________________________________________ 22. Which process begins at the ribosome? _________________________________________________ 23. Define TRANSLATION. ____________________________________________________________ Review Questions 24. Review #1 = ______________________________________________________________________ 25. Review #2 = ______________________________________________________________________ 26. Review #3 = ______________________________________________________________________ 27. Review #4: DNA A C C G T T A T mRNA 28. Review #5 = ______________________________________________________________________ 29. Review #6 = ______________________________________________________________________