Vocabulary+for+DNA


 * ** Nucleus - a cell structure that contains acid, and is the main base that directs all the cells activities. ** || [[image:section2.gif width="198" height="236"]] ||


 * ** Nucleic Acid - inside the nucleus and is made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus and holds all the instructions that is needed for the functions of life. ** ||  ||


 * ** Double helix - make up a DNA twisted ladder / double as in two strands twisted ** || [[image:Screen_shot_2011-12-07_at_8.32.57_AM.png]] ||


 * **Hydrogen bond - a weak bond formed in between two** **molecules** || [[image:Screen_shot_2011-12-07_at_8.36.12_AM.png width="257" height="265"]] ||


 * ** Chromosome - Thread like strands found in the nucleus of a cell - made of DNA ** || [[image:Figure1.gif width="517" height="138"]] ||


 * ** Cytosine - a compound found living in a tissue as a base of nucleic acids ** ||  ||


 * ** Twisted ladder - made up of double helix and contains chromosomes ** ||  ||

**Adenine -** **A compound that is one of the four bases of nucleic acids**

** Guanine - A compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four bases of nucleic acids**

** RNA - Ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling.**

**Nitrogen bases - a nitrogen containing molecule that has a pH of a base.**

**Cell division - the process of which the parent cells divide into 2 or more cells in reproduction**