DNA and Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Base used in RNA in place of Thymine
  2. 6. A segment of DNA that has the instructions for one or more traits
  3. 7. Sugar in RNA
  4. 9. Organelle in the cell where we find all of the DNA and chromosomes.
  5. 11. Cytosine pairs with ___
  6. 12. Organelle in the cell where proteins are made.
  7. 14. A large molecule that determines traits, like hair color and eye color
  8. 16. The chemical that adds bases to form a new DNA strand during replication.
  9. 17. Copying a DNA sequence into messenger RNA (mRNA)
  10. 19. The chemical that unzips DNA strands before they are copied
Down
  1. 1. Passing genetic characteristics from parent to offspring
  2. 2. The branch of biology that involves the study of heredity and variation of traits in organisms
  3. 4. Guanine pairs with ___
  4. 5. Thymine pairs with ___
  5. 8. mRNA is used as a blueprint to make proteins by turning 3-bases at a time into amino acids
  6. 10. Thread-like structures made of coiled up DNA.
  7. 13. The tiny molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
  8. 15. Sugar in DNA
  9. 18. Adenine pairs with ___