BIOL 1107 UGA Exam 1 (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded.

BIOL 1107 UGA Exam 1 (2025) Actual
Exam Questions and Answers A+
Graded



adenine .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-purine .nucleotide .that .forms .base .pairs .with
.thymine .in .DNA .molecules


antiparallel .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-arrangement .of .the .2 .strands .of .DNA .in .a
.double .helix .in .which .the .2 .strands .are .oriented .parallel .with .each .other .but .in
.opposite .directions


cytosine .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-pyrimidine .nucleotide .that .forms .base .pairs .with
.guanine .in .DNA .molecules


deoxyribose .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-5-carbon .sugar .that .lacks .an .OH .group .on
.its .2' .carbon .atom


DNA .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-deoxyribonucleic .acid, .a .molecule .consisting .of
.nucleotides .that .contain .deoxyribose .sugars


guanine .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-purine .nucleotide .that .forms .base .pairs .with
.cytosine .in .DNA .molecules


nitrogenous .base .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-nitrogen-containing .molecule .with .the
.chemical .properties .of .a .base .found .in .DNA .and .RNA


nucleotide .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-fundamental .subunit .of .DNA .and .RNA
.molecules


purines .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-nitrogenous .bases .consisting .of .2 .carbon .rings,
.as .in .adenine .and .guanine


pyrimidines .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-nitrogenous .bases .consisting .of .a .single
.carbon .ring, .as .in .cytosine, .thymine, .and .uracil


ribose .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-5-carbon .sugar .that .has .an .OH .group .on .its .2'
.carbon


RNA .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-ribonucleic .acid, .a .molecule .consisting .of
.nucleotides .that .contain .ribose .sugars

, thymine .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-pyrimidine .nucleotide .that .forms .base .pairs .with
.adenine .in .DNA .molecules


uracil .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-pyrimidine .nucleotide .that .can .form .base .pairs .with
.adenine .in .RNA .molecules


central .dogma .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-refers .to .the .process .by .which .info .is .read
.to .make .a .complementary .RNA .copy .that .is .then .used .to .make .a .protein .with .a
.specific .amino .acid .sequence


coding .region .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .portion .of .a .gene .that .specifies .the
.RNA .sequence .that .will .be .produced .during .transcription


gene .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .region .of .DNA .that .contains .info .for .making .a
.specific .RNA .molecule


genome .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-all .of .the .DNA .present .in .a .cell .or .organism

gene .expression .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-process .of .extracting .info .from .DNA .to
.build .RNA .and .proteins, .as .well .as .mechanisms .that .regulate .this .process


non-template .strand .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-strand .of .DNA .that .is .not .used .to
.transcribe .RNA


promoter .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-sequence .of .DNA .nucleotides .to .which .RNA
.polymerase .and .associated .proteins .bind .to .initiate .transcription


RNA .polymerase .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-enzyme .that .synthesizes .RNA .from .a
.DNA .template .strand


template .strand .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-strand .of .DNA .that .is .used .to .transcribe
.RNA


terminator .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .region .of .DNA .that .signals .the .transcription
.of .prokaryotic .and .some .eukaryotic .genes .to .end .when .reached


transcription .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .process .by .which .a .single .stranded
.RNA .molecule .is .produced .using .a .strand .of .DNA .in .a .gene .as .a .template


transcription .bubble .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-region .of .locally .unwound .DNA .that
.allows .for .transcription


Alternative .splicing .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Post-transcriptional .gene .regulation
.mechanism .in .eukaryotes .in .which .multiple .proteins .are .produced .by .a .single
.gene .through .alternative .splicing .combos .of .the .mRNA


Exon .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Sequence .present .in .protein-coding .mRNA .after
.completion .of .pre-mRNA .splicing .of .eukaryotic .RNA .molecules