STAAR Day 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. the physical structure of DNA
  2. 6. the cytoplasmic division of a cell
  3. 11. __ is paired with thymine in DNA
  4. 12. bases guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine are all __
  5. 14. the final phase of cell division
  6. 17. when both of the alleles are the same
  7. 18. forms a backbone that supports DNA
  8. 19. the names of two nucleic acids
  9. 21. the portion of the cell cycle that includes G1, S and G2 phases
  10. 24. deoxyribose is a __
  11. 26. the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA
  12. 27. the lowercase letter on a monohybird/dihybrid cross
  13. 28. the first stage of cell division
Down
  1. 1. the creation of proteins by cells that uses DNA, RNA, and various enzymes
  2. 2. the basic structural unit of nucleic acids
  3. 3. the process of a single-parent cell divides to make two daughter cells
  4. 5. pairs like cytosine and guanine or adenine and thymine are __
  5. 7. __ is paired with adenine in DNA
  6. 8. __ is paired with cytosine in DNA
  7. 9. the stage of cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle
  8. 10. __ is paired with guanine in DNA
  9. 13. the process of translating the sequence of mRNA to a sequence of amino acids
  10. 15. growth phases of the cell
  11. 16. the uppercase letter on a monohybrid/dihybrid cross
  12. 20. the second stage of cell division,between prophase and anaphase
  13. 22. when there is one dominant and one recessive allele
  14. 23. a random change in the sequence of a gene
  15. 25. a cross of either one or two traits from the parents to the offspring