Stage 2 Biology

What is semi-conservative replication?
Why is it given this name?

What do bases have to do with DNA?
What pairs with what?

The backbone of the DNA is made up of what?

What are the three elements that make up a nucleotide?

Repeating units of starch, glycogen and cellulose make what?

Animals store glycogen where?
Plants store what for use in aerobic respiration?

Chitin is found in the what of what animal?

Why is lipids important?
What are included as lipids?

Why are phospolipids important?

Oils are found mainly in plants in what form?

mRNA stands for what?
mRNA is involved with what?
Thymine is replaced with what on this strand?

tRNA stands for what?
What role does it play?

Proteins are made up from how many amino acids?
How many polypeptide chains make a protein?

Discuss what occurs during transcription.

What occurs in translation?

What is a primary structure?

the coiling or folding of a protein that contributed to the shape of it is known as the..?

what a protein becomes 3D and gives rise to its functionality it is known as the what structure?

Proteins that have two or more polypeptide chains are known as what?

Some proteins act as receptor proteins for molecules. Describe their shape.

Define enzyme.

What is the difference between a competitive and non-competative inhibitor and what is their role?