DNA HW PACKET - Liberty Union High School District

NAME __________________________________________

PERIOD ___________

DNA HW PACKET and Notebook

DNA Coloring WS DNA and Replication WS Protein Synthesis Practice How does DNA Determine the Traits of an Organism How DNA Controls the Workings of the Cell Test Review INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOK Reflections

DNA Model WS and Diagram Transcription and Translation coloring

Points Score

2 3 3 3 3 6

10 5 5

40

Standards Assessments DNA_RNA _Protein Test DNA Model Lab: DNA Extraction Lab: Lego Protein Synthesis

Points

100

50

25

25

Total

200

Genes are a set of instruction encoded in the DNA sequence of

each organism that specify the sequence

of acids in proteins characteristic of that

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DNA STRUCTURE COLORING

1. Color the parts of the DNA in the diagram below

Adenine- Red Guanine ?Brown Cytosine ?Purple

Thymine ?Yellow Sugar ?Black Phosphate -Green

2. Suppose the above DNA strand contains a base sequence ATTCCGACG. a. What is the sequence of the complementary stand? ______________________________

3. Why is the DNA helix above considered semi-conservative?

4. Why is the DNA helix above considered anti-parallel?

5. How do you know what part of the backbone of the DNA helix is sugars

6. How do you know which bases is Adenine and which ones are Thymine?

7. What is a purine? Draw one... 8. What is a pyrimadine? Draw one...

Name _________________________________ DNA AND REPLICATION

1. What are the chemical components of DNA?

Period___________

2. Explain the term DNA replication

3. Define the following terms, used to describe the structure of DNA:

a. phosphodiester bond

b. complementary base pairing

4. What is the role of each enzyme involved in DNA replication?

5. The nucleotide sequence of a region of one DNA strand is GACTTACGACTAG what is complementary strand?

6. In a strand of DNA, the percentage of thymine is 30 %. What is the percentage of cytosine in the same DNA strand? ____________________________

7. About 21% of the bases in rat DNA are guanine. What are the percentages of the other bases? Explain your answer.

8. A nucleotide is made of three parts: a _________________________ group, a five carbon ________________________, and a nitrogen containing ___________________________.

9. In a single strand of DNA, the phosphate group binds to the ___________________________ of the next group.

10. Purines have _________ rings, and pyrimidines have ____________ ring.

11. Chargaff's rule states that the DNA of any species contains equal amounts of ____________________________ &

_______________________ and also equal amounts of _______________________ & _______________________

12. In DNA, thymine is complementary to _______________; cytosine is complementary to _______________________ 13. Number the steps of DNA replication in the correct order (1, 2, 3)

______Daughter strands are formed using complementary base pairing. ______DNA unwinds ______The DNA of the daughter strands winds with together with its parent strand.

14. Why DNA replication is called "semi-conservative"? __________________________________________ 15. What enzyme unwinds are unzips the parent strand? _______________________ 16. What enzyme synthesizes the new DNA strand? __________________________ 17. What enzyme binds fragments of DNA on the lagging strand? __________________ 18. On the diagram:

a. Circle a nucleotide. b. Label the sugar and phosphate. c. Label the bases that are not already labelled d. The two sides of the DNA helix are held together by

__________________________________________ 19. Write out the complete name for DNA:

__________________________________________________________________ 20. Name the scientist(s) responsible for each of the following discoveries.

a. Proved that DNA was the genetic material, not Protein.

b. Complimentary Bases occur in the same ratio to each other.

c. The shape of DNA was a double helix

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PRACTICE

TRANSCRIBE AND TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING DNA STANDS THEN LABEL EACH STRANDS AS DNA, mRNA, tRNA or rRNA.

1) TACTTACCGAGATTCTTGTTTATC

2) TACATGTTATCCTGGTTGTTTATC

3) TACAAATCAGTACATTAGAGGACT

STRANGE CHANGES: Transcribe and translate the following strands, then determine what type of mutation occurred and what new polypeptide chain (protein sequence) were created.

4) TACTGGGTATTCCTCGTCTCGGCGATT

START BY FINDING THE MUTATION (DIFFERENCE) BETWEEN THE STRANDS

5) TACTGGGTAGTTCCTCGTCTCGGCGATT

a) Would the previous DNA Sequences create the same protein? b) Why or Why not?

How Does DNA Determine the Traits of an Organism

Introduction: In this simulation, you will examine the DNA sequence of a fictitious organism: the Snork. Snorks were discovered on the planet Dee Enae in a distant solar system. Snorks only have one chromosome with 6 genes on it. You job is to analyze the genes of its DNA and determine what traits the organism has.

mRNA triplet

UGG UCG GCU UUG GCG CCC UCC UUU AAA CCA AUA GGG UAG GAU CCU

SNORK DNA AND TRAITS

Amino Acid Number 20 16 2 4 3 5 7 8 9 12 13 1 6 10 11

Amino Acid Sequence 20-11-13 20-12-13 16-2 - 5 16-4 - 5 12-7-8 5-7-8 9-8 - 8 9-4 - 8 11-3-2 11-3-3 6-6-10 6-6-14

Trait hairless hairy 4 legged 2 legged round head block head no tail tail slanted eyes wide round eyes Male (blue) Female (pink)

Observations and Analysis of Snork DNA: You are given a chromosome from a Snork with the following sequence. Each gene has only 3 amino acids. Your job is to determine the sequence of amino acids for your specimen. Write the complimentary mRNA, tRNA, the rRNA sequence it codes for and the related trait in the chart below.

DNA A C C G G T T A T A G C C G A G G G T T T A A C A A A G G A C G C C G A G G G A G G A A A A T C A T C C T A mRNA tRNA rRNA (AA)

Trait

Draw your Snork in the space below. Be creative!

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