DNA Basics Discovery of DNA Not DNA GMS Traditions Challenge
100
What are A, T, C, and G (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine)
The four different nucleotides
100
What is the nucleus
The place in the cell where DNA was found by Friedrich Miescher
100
What is ribose
The sugar in RNA
100
What is 2!
The number of Intersession weeks we have in a school year
300
What is a complimentary strand
The fancy name for the copied strand of RNA opposite the template strand of DNA
200
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
The long name for DNA
200
What is deoxy-
A prefix meaning "without/missing oxygen"
200
What is uracil (U)
The RNA version of thymine
200
What is Let It Go (Frozen)
The song we sing before Holiday Break
300
What is hemoglobin (or an antibody, lactase, or many, many others)
The name or job of a specific protein
300
What is a double helix
The shape of DNA
300
What is that only a purine and pyrimidine fit the width of DNA OR the hydrogen bonds match up OR the percentages of A and T and percentages of C and G match up.
A reason why we know A pairs with T and C pairs with G
300
What is UGCCAUG
The RNA transcription of the DNA sequence ACGGTAC
300
What is In Summer (Frozen)
The song we sing before Summer Break
300
What is a hydrogen bond
The name for the bond between a hydrogen molecule and oxygen molecule in opposite nucleotides, keeps DNA 'zipped'
400
What are a sugar (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
The three parts of a nucleotide
400
Who is Rosalind Franklin
The woman that took the X-Ray Crystallography photo of DNA, called Photo 51
400
What are the nucleus and the cytoplasm
Two places where RNA is found
400
What is Mexico
The international place that 8th graders usually travel to each spring
400
What is RNA polymerase
The name of the protein that "unzips" DNA in order to make mRNA
500
What are purines and pyrimidines
The names for the larger and smaller types of nucleotides
500
Who are James Watson and Francis Crick (Maurice Wilkins also got the Nobel Prize)
Nobel Prize winners who figured out the shape of DNA
500
What are mRNA, tRNA, and ribosomes
Three parts of the protein synthesis process made of RNA
500
Who are Laura, Holly, and Renee
Any staff member that has been at GMS since its founding year, 1998
500
What is ATTGCCATT (DNA) and AUUGCCAUU (RNA)
The complimentary DNA strand to TAACGGTAA *and* the complimentary RNA strand






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