1a & 1b - Introduction & Double Helix

Cell theory

All living organisms are made of cells

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms

All cells come from preexisting cells

made of, structural and functional unit, prexisting

Cell theory (abv)

inorganic compounds

Plants use _________ to make organic componds

Organic coumponds

molecules that contain both carbon and hydrogen

Molecules containing only H & C

Hydrocarbons

Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins

If molecules contain H and C, as well as other atoms ( P, S, N, O), they may be the important biomolecules:

Nucleotides

DNA is made up of...

Thymine

(DNA) Adenine = ________

Cytostine

Guanine = ________

Double helix structure

James Watson & Francis Crick proposed the

Deoxyribose and phoaphate molecules

The two hand rails of the DNA staircase are made of alternating

Codon

Set of 3 nitrogenous bases used to dictate instructions to RNA for polypeptide production

Amino acids

DNA determines how what is strung together

AUG

Start codon

Purines

Double ringed structures

Pyrimidines

Single ringed structures

Nitrogenous base, sugar (pentose), phosphate group

What is a nucleotide made up of

Complementary strand

When DNA unzips, rna builds what with the exposed section?

Uracil

RNA equivalent of thymine