BIO 1500 FINAL MIZZOU STUDY GUIDE TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL REVIEW RESOURCE

BIO 1500 FINAL MIZZOU STUDY GUIDE
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
REVIEW RESOURCE

●● Ribosomes
Answer: make proteins


●● DNA
Answer: A complex molecule containing the genetic information that
makes up chromosomes.


●● RNA
Answer: single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose


●● mRNA
Answer: messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from
DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome


●● Transcription
Answer: synthesis of an mRNA molecule from a DNA template


●● Translation

, Answer: Process by which mRNA is decoded by a ribosome and a
protein is produced


●● Codon
Answer: three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a
single amino acid


●● amino acids
Answer: building blocks of proteins


●● Protein
Answer: A sequence of amino acids


●● Deoxyribose sugar
Answer: sugar used in DNA to make up the "backbone"


●● Nucleotide
Answer: monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a
phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base


●● nitrogenous base
Answer: a subunit of a nucleotide in DNA and RNA