Instructions: Everyone Plays Version

• No “life lines” used in this version• Play with a partner• Record answers on paper before shown

correct answers • Partners check answers• If question is missed you are out• Students who answer all 15 questions

correctly win

Instructions: Traditional Version

• One student will be chosen to play game based on correctly ordering these terms by size from smallest to largest:

1. Blood Cell 6. Heart2. Mitochondrion 7. Ribosome3. Nucleus 8. Nerve cell4. Atom 9. Bacteria cell5. Nucleotide 10. Electron

Instructions: Traditional

• Selected student will answer the questions that get progressively harder

• 3 lifelines, each can be used only once– Phone a friend (ask one student in class)– Ask audience (ask whole class)– 50:50 (teacher reduces options)

• If student misses question they are out - start over with selecting another student

1. What type of macromolecule stores and transmits genetic information?

A.) lipids B.) carbohydrates

C.) nucleic acids D.) proteins

L

C.) nucleic acids

F

2. The twisted ladder shape of DNA is called?

A.) double helix B.) nucleotide

C.) globular D.) pleated ladder

L F

A.) double helix

3. What are the basic building blocks Of DNA ?

A.) ribose B.) Nucleotides

C.) purines D.) phosphates

L

B.) Nucleotides

F

4.What makes up the rungs or steps Of the DNA structure ?

A.) pyrimidines/purines B.) phosphate/hydrogen

C.) phosphates /ribose D.) nitrogen/carbon

L

A.) pyrimidines /purines

F

5. What complementary base matches with thymine ?

A.) cytosine B.) guanine

C.) adenine D.) uracil

L

C.) adenine

F

6. What would only be found inRNA and not DNA?

A.) guanine B.) uracil

C.) cytosine D.) adenine

L

B.) uracil

F

7. DNA fits into a cell becauseit coils tightly around what protein ?

A.) nucleotide B.) phosphate

C.) deoxyribose D.) histone

L

D.) histone

F

8. The method of separating DNA fragments by size using electric current ?

A.) radioactive labelingB.) gel electrophoresis

C.) isotope tracking D.) recombinant DNA

L

B.) gel electrophoresis

F

9. What is the small circular DNA found in bacterial cells used as vectors called ?

A.) clone B.) genomic

C.) plasmid D.) histone

L

C.) plasmid

F

10. During which process are gametesformed ?

A.) mitosis B.) fertilization

C.) crossing over D.) meiosis

L

D.) meiosis

F

11. What type of cell forms when 2 cells with n number of chromosomes fuse ?

A.) gamete B.) haploid

C.) polyploidy D.) diploid

L

D.) diploid

F

12. What molecule transports amino acids to the ribosome ?

A.) DNA B.) transfer RNA

C.) ribosomal RNA D.) messenger RNA

L

B.) transfer RNA

F

13.What is the process in which RNA is synthesized from DNA in a cell ?

A.) fertilization B.) translation

C.) bioinformatics D.) transcription

L

D.) transcription

F

14. What does the synthesis of a new strand Of DNA begin with ?

A.) messenger RNA B.) transfer RNA

C.) RNA primer D.) nucleotide

L

C.) RNA primer

F

15. If a section of DNA has 27% thymine how much cytosine will it have ?

A.) 23 % B.) 46 %

C.) 27 % D.) 54 %

L

A.) 23 %

F

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