| DNA Basics | Miscellaneous Genetics | DNA to RNA | GMS Traditions | Challenge |
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What are A, T, C, and G (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine)?
The four different nucleotide letters
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What is the nucleus?
The place where DNA is located in the cell
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What is uracil (U)?
The RNA replacement for thymine
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What is 2?
The number of Intersession weeks we have in a school year
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What is antiparallel?
The fancy name for one strand of DNA being upside-down
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What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
The long name for DNA
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What is heterozygous?
The formal name of the genotype Tt
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What is an amino acid?
The building block of a protein
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What is Let It Go (Frozen)?
The song we sing as a school before Holiday Break
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What is hemoglobin (or an antibody, lactase, keratin, RNA polymerase II, or many, many others)?
The name of a specific protein you've learned about
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What is a double helix?
The shape of DNA
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What are homologous chromosomes?
The name of a pair of chromosomes with the same genes, you get 1 from your mom and 1 from your dad
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What is UGCCAUG?
The RNA transcription of the DNA sequence ACGGTAC
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What is In Summer (Frozen)?
The song we sing as a school before Summer Break
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What is a hydrogen bond?
The name for the bond between a hydrogen molecule and oxygen molecule in opposite nucleotides, keeps DNA 'zipped'
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What is TAAGCTG?
The DNA sequence that matches the strand ATTCGAC
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What is a 100% chance?
The chance of HoR x HoR parents having a HoR child
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What is a substitution, insertion, or deletion mutation?
The name of a type of mutation we learned about
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What is Pinnacles National Park?
The international place that 7th graders usually travel to each fall
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What is RNA polymerase II?
The name of the protein that "unzips" DNA in order to make mRNA
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What are a sugar (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base?
The three parts of a nucleotide
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What is a 0% chance? (Only 50% HoD and 50% Het children)
The chance of Het x HoD parents having a child with the recessive phenotype
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What are mRNA, tRNA, and ribosomes (rRNA)?
Three parts of the protein synthesis process made of RNA
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Who are Laura, Holly, or Renee?
The name of any staff member that has been at GMS since its founding year, 1998
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What is a Mendelian trait?
A trait determined by 1 gene (which has 1 dominant and 1 recessive allele) and which has heredity that can be predicted with a Punnett Square
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