Name: ______________________________

Date: _____________________

Notes: DNA
What does EVERY cell contain?
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Is the DNA of a prokaryotic cell inside an organelle?
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Where is the DNA found in a eukaryotic cell?
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What does DNA stand for?
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What is DNA a repeating chain of?
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Every nucleotide in DNA has 3 parts:
1: __________________________________________________________
2: __________________________________________________________
3: __________________________________________________________

The 4 nitrogen bases in DNA are:

Why are they called nitrogen bases?

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What do we call the combination of two strands of DNA together?
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What do you call the shape that DNA takes?
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What is the name of the outside edges of the DNA double helix?
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What does the sugar-phosphate backbone provide?
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What is found on the inside of the helix?

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What is the purpose of the nitrogen bases?
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What is DNA considered?
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How is the information carried in DNA?
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What does DNA have the information for making?
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What is important about the way that every living thing uses DNA to make
proteins?
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Cells translate the information in DNA according to what?
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What does each specific 3 letter sequence code for?
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The Genetic Code is common to all

From the ________________________________________,
To the _______________________________________
What are chromosomes?
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How many genes are found on each chromosome?
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What do we call the complete set of DNA?
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What is a gene?
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DNA Base Pairing:

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PAIRS WITH

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PAIRS WITH

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What did Chargaffs experiments uncover that led us to our understanding of

base pairing?
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How can you remember these letters go together?
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