Dna
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. replication
A. Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little ___ acid
2. nucleotides
B. The act of moving something from one location to another
3. sugar
C. A purine base found in DNA and RNA
4. phosphate
D. A base found in DNA and derived from pyrimidine
5. chain
E. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound
6. molecule
F. A phosphoric ester of a ___ (plural)
7. structure
G. Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (plural)
8. messenger
H. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication
9. transfer
I. Sweet white crystals added to food
10. transcription
J. The male reproductive cell
11. codon
K. The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA
12. translation
L. Oval foods laid by hens
13. guanine
M. The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
14. cytosine
N. Any event that changes genetic structure
15. thymine
O. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies
16. enzymes
P. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
17. mutation
Q. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural)
18. organism
R. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together
19. proteins
S. A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine
20. amino acids
T. A person who carries a message
21. eggs
U. The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
22. sperm
V. An individual living thing.