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BIO 101 EXAM 2 WCC STUDY GUIDE AND PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2026/2027



function units of nucleic acids - Ans✅✅✅ nucleotides



physical makeup of a nucleic acid - Ans✅✅✅ 5 carbon ribose sugar, phosphate group, and a
nitrogenous base



the nitrogenous bases are - Ans✅✅✅ adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, and uracil



replication - Ans✅✅✅ makes a copy of a dna strand



helicase - Ans✅✅✅ breaks open the dna ladder during replication



dna polymerase - Ans✅✅✅ binds molecules and brings in copies during replication



ligase - Ans✅✅✅ joins molecules back together during replication



transcription and translation are known together as - Ans✅✅✅ protein synthesis



transcription - Ans✅✅✅ copying a gene only



gene - Ans✅✅✅ small segment of dna that codes for a specific protein



codon - Ans✅✅✅ reads three base pairs at a time



anticodon - Ans✅✅✅ transfer RNAS contain anticodons to match up with codons

, stop codon - Ans✅✅✅ stops the codon from reading



the genetic code - Ans✅✅✅ which amino acid codes with which base pair



start codons - Ans✅✅✅ tells the codon where to start reading from



nucleic acids bond by - Ans✅✅✅ weak hydrogen bonds between base pairs



introns - Ans✅✅✅ does not code for a specific protein



exons - Ans✅✅✅ contains information for coding proteins



hox genes(master control genes) - Ans✅✅✅ control genes that coordinate other genes and regulate
gene expression



98% of our dna does not code for a specific - Ans✅✅✅ protein



master switch genes - Ans✅✅✅ turn genes on and off



single gene may form ________ or more proteins - Ans✅✅✅ three



more chromosomes does not mean - Ans✅✅✅ more complicated



humans have 23 pairs of - Ans✅✅✅ chromosomes



humans have 46 - Ans✅✅✅ chromosomes in total



mutation - Ans✅✅✅ change in a dna sequence

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