DNA & RNA Jeopardy: Scientists, Structure, Replication, Transcription & Processing, Translation

1. THIS ISDNA & RNA Jeopardy

2. Jeopardy DNA and RNA DNA Scientists DNA Structure Replication Transcription & Processing Translation 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

3. They discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. A 100

4. Who are James Watson and Francis Crick? A 100

5. She produced an X-Ray diffraction image of DNA – famously known as photo 51. A 200

6. Who is Rosalind Franklin? A 200

7. He discovered DNA – First isolated the compound as a white powder he called nuclein in 1869. A 300

8. Who is Friedrich Miescher? A 300

9. He discovered that adenine and thymine occurred in equal percentages for any DNA sample. A 400

10. Who is Erwin Chargaff? A 400

11. Their famous experiment allowed them to conclude that DNA, not protein, was the hereditary compound in the cell. It was called Waring blender experiment.ber A 500

12. Who were Hersey and Chase? A 500

13. It is the shape of the DNA molecule. B 100

14. What is the double helix? B 100

15. This is the correct name of the sugar in DNA. B 200

16. What is deoxyribose? B 200

17. They are the building blocks or monomers of DNA. B 300

18. Nucleotides B 300

19. These compounds make up the sides of the DNA “twisted ladder.” B 400

20. What are phosphates and deoxyribose sugars? B 400

21. Hydrogen bonds form between the DNA bases. These bonds form as a result of an attraction between the following atoms: hydrogen and _________. B 500

22. What is oxygen or nitrogen? B 500

23. Replication refers to this happening to a DNA molecule. C 100

24. What is copying or duplicating? C 100

25. The enzyme that breaks the bonds between the DNA bases is known as helicase. The enzyme that adds nucleotides has this name. C 200

26. What is DNA polymerase? C 200

27. One DNA strand is original and one DNA strand is new in a replicated molecule. DNA replication therefore is described by this term. C 300

28. What is semi-conservative? C 300

29. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE C 400

30. Okazaki fragments are formed along a DNA template strand, rather than the DNA coding strand. This template strand is also referred to by this name. C 400

31. What is lagging strand? C 400

32. The DNA molecule strand that runs in the 3’ – 5’ direction is known as the template strand. The DNA molecule strand that runs in the 5’ – 3’ direction goes by this name. C 500

33. What is the DNA coding strand? C 500

34. Transcription produces this type of nucleic acid (from the sequence of bases on the DNA template strand). D 100

35. What is RNA? D 100

36. Transcription occurs in this organelle. D 200

37. What is the nucleus? D 200

38. RNA polymerase moves to this area of the DNA molecule at the beginning of transcription known as Initiation. D 300

39. What is the promoter region? D 300

40. RNA nucleotides are added during the Elongation phase until RNA polymerase reaches this part of DNA . D 400

41. What is the terminator signal or terminator region? D 400

42. While introns are cut out and exons are left in, these partsare added to either end of RNA molecule and are thought to protect RNA from cytosol enzymes. D 500

43. What are the mG cap and the Poly A tail. D 500

44. The codons of mRNA match the ____________ of transfer RNAs. E 100

45. What are the anticodons? E 100

46. The building blocks of a protein are amino acids. This is the chemical reaction that forms the peptide bonds between them. E 200

47. What is a condensation reaction (dehydration synthesis)? E 200

48. During translation, Initiation is followed by _________ and _________. E 300

49. What is Elongation and Termination? E 300

50. These are the specific types of nucleic acid molecules involved in translation. E 400