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Objective 1: DNA Structure
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1. Circle one nucleotide (monomer) in the diagram below.
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2. Identify the three subunits of a nucleotide.
3. A DNA strand has the following sequence of bases: AAGTCG. What would be the sequence
of bases on the complementary strand?
4. Using the model in question #1, add appropriate letters in the spaces for the nitrogenous bases.
Make certain that the complementary pairs match correctly.
5. What two individuals have received credit for discovering the double helix structure of DNA?
6. What major class of carbon compounds is formed from nucleotides?
7. Examine the diagram below. Identify the structures indicated by X and Y.
Y
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Objective 2: Contrast the structure and function of DNA and RNA
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Obj 2
1. How does DNA differ from RNA?
2. A nucleic acid has the following sequence of nitrogenous bases:
GATTACAGTCC. Why would this be considered a strand of DNA rather than RNA?
3. Complete the following chart:
Nucleic Acid
Is it a single or
double strand?
What is its
function?
Where is it found
in the cell?
What are its
nitrogenous
bases?
DNA
RNA
(mRNA, rRNA,
tRNA)
Obj 3: Explain how RNA is transcribed from DNA
1. What is transcription?
2. In what part of the cell does transcription take place?
3. Where does the mRNA take the code after being transcribed?
Obj 3
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4. A DNA strand has the following sequence of nitrogenous bases: CCTACG. What will be the
sequence of bases in the mRNA that results from transcription?
5. Examine the chart below: What is the DNA sequence that codes for Phenylalanine?
Obj 4: Explain how RNA is translated from mRNA
1. What happens during translation?
2. Use the following diagram to answer the questions below:
3. What is the structure labeled “X”?
4. Glycine is what type of molecule?
5. Circle and label a tRNA molecule.
6. Circle and label an amino acid molecule.
7. Where in the cell does translation occur?
8. What type of molecules do tRNAs carry?
Obj 4
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Rewind Your Mind
RYM
1. Determine which STERNGRR process is explained in each example below.
A. Vacuoles assist the plant cell in making sure homeostasis is maintained.
B. Increase in size and number of cells.
C. Moving food from the roots to the stems and leaves.
D. Giving off water and oxygen as waste products
E. Using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light to make sugar (glucose) and
oxygen.
F. Pollen contains sperm.
G. autotrophism and heterotrophism
2.
Examine the picture below. Write the chemical equation for the process that is occurring. Just by
looking at the picture, how do you know that this is the correct process?
3. Describe what is happening in the diagram below.
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4. Please determine which molecules below are organic. Then, label molecules A, B, C, and D as protein,
lipid, carbohydrate, or water.
5. List four characteristics of water that make it unique.
6. Describe the characteristics of enzymes. Please give at least four characteristics
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7. Draw an enzyme substrate complex. Label the enzyme, substrate and active site.
8. Identify the structures below. What processes are each involved in?
Structure name ____________________________________
Involved in ________________________________________
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