Unit 6 AP Bio Vocab

Enzyme that unwinds the DNA

• ligase
• DNA Polymerase
• primase
• helicase

Seals the Okazaki fragments together

• DNA Polymerase
• ligase
• helicase
• primase

Adds nucleotides to the newly synthesized strand of DNA

• DNA polymerase I
• DNA polymerase III
• Primase
• Ligase

synthesizes a short fragment of RNA that allows DNA polymerase III to bind

• ligase
• DNA polymerase I
• primase
• helicase

removes the RNA primer and adds DNA nucleotides to fill in the gap

• DNA polymerase III
• ligase
• primase
• DNA polymerase I

direction new nucleotides are synthesized on the new strand

• 5^' to 3' (new nucleotides added to the 3' end)
• 3' to 5' (new nucleotides added to the 5' end)

repetitive sequences of DNA on the ends of chromosomes (TTAGGG)

• telomeres
• telomerase
• Okazaki fragments
• primer

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine