FINAL STUDY GUIDE

This is by no means a comprehensive list of what you should study.  
This is simply a list of relative terms and concepts.  It is entirely 
possible that there could be something on the test that is not on this 
sheet.  Everything covered in class and homework is fair game.  STUDY 
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!

•	The five nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids and name
•	The correct spelling for DNA and RNA
•	The chemical structure and bonding of DNA
•	The history of the discovery of DNA’s shape (Watson, Crick, 
Franklin, Wilkins, colleges, events and dates)
•	DNA replication
•	RNA structure and bonding
•	Types of RNA and their functions
•	Transcription 
•	Translation
•	Protein synthesis
•	All enzymes involved in the above processes
•	BE ABLE TO GO FROM A STRAND OF DNA TO A STRAND OF AMINO ACIDS 
AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
•	Chromosome formation
•	Diploid and haploid
•	sister chromatids

•	Human diploid and haploid numbers
•	Cell cycle
•	Mitosis
•	Prophase
•	Metaphase
•	Anaphase
•	Telophase
•	Homologous chromosome pairs
•	Autosomal vs sex chromosomes
•	cytokinesis