Protein Synthesis Scavenger Hunt

Review Questions & Answers

Sponagle

• Question: Traits that are carried on the X chromosome are said to be ______?

• Answer: Sex-linked

Sponagle

• Question: Blood type alleles A&B are said to follow this inheritance pattern.

• Answer: Co-dominance

Richardson

• Question: Type of bond that forms between nitrogenous bases of DNA.

• Answer: Hydrogen

Richardson

• Question: Type of RNA that carries the DNA code out of the nucleus.

• Answer: Messenger RNA or mRNA

Taney

• Question: He was the “Father of Genetics”

• Answer: Mendel

Taney

• Question: The allele that is masked by another is said to be_______.

• Answer: Recessive

Nurse’s office

• Question: The sugar found in RNA

• Answer: Ribose

Nurse’s office

• Question: Chromosomes are made up of DNA wrapped around proteins called ________.

• Answer: Histones

Guidance office

• Question: Chromosomes that are the same shape, size, and carry the genes for the same trait but are NOT identical.

• Answer: Homologous chromsomes

Guidance office

• Question: The physical appearance that an organism inherits.

• Answer: Phenotype

Neumaier

• Question: Sodium and potassium travel across the cell membrane via protein channels and require energy to go against the concentration gradient. What type of transport is this an example of?

• Answer: Active Transport

Neumaier

• Question: The movement of water down the concentration gradient is called _________.

• Answer: Osmosis

Breden

• Question: Phase of the cell cycle where the number of chromosomes doubles

• Answer: Interphase-(S-phase)

Breden

• Question: After meiosis, each human gamete has _____ number of chromosomes.

• Answer: 23

Brown

• Question: The organelle responsible for converting light energy into chemical energy.

• Answer: Chloroplast

Brown

• Question: In the equation for cellular respiration, what are the 2 reactants?

• Answer: Glucose & oxygen

Walmer

• Question: The monomer of proteins is _______?

• Answer: amino acids

Walmer

• Question: This element is found in ALL organic compounds because of its ability to form 4 covalent bonds.

• Answer: Carbon

Reichley

• Question: Water’s ability to stick to other water molecules produces surface tension. What is this property of water?

• Answer: Cohesion

Reichley

• Question: What property of water explains why ice floats in water?

• Answer: Less dense as a solid than a liquid (volume increases D=m/v)

Hummel

• Question: Name the organelle(s) that both prokaryotes and eukaryotes BOTH share.

• Answer: Ribosomes or cell membrane

Hummel

• Question: Bacteria are an example of what type of cell? (Hint they have no membrane bound organelles)

• Answer: Prokaryote

Fulmer

• Question: Programmed cell death or “Cell Suicide” is called ________?

• Answer: Apoptosis

Fulmer

• Question: This organelle is responsible for breaking down worn out organelles, food bacteria, etc.

• Answer: lysosomes

Cardi

• Question: Term used to describe the head of phospholipids which are “water loving”

• Answer: Hydrophillic

Cardi

• Question: Term used to describe the tails of a phospholipid which are “water fearing”.

• Answer: Hydrophobic

ISS

• Question: When chromosomes fail to separate during Anaphase I or II of meiosis.

• Answer: Nondisjunction

ISS

• Question: Two sister chromatids are held together at this point.

• Answer: Centromere