Jeopardy Intro to Biotech Bean Lab Gene Exp

Jeopardy Intro to Biotech Bean Lab Gene Exp. Scientist & Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 DNA Discoveries Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H 1 What are the 4 bases that make up DNA?

$100 Answer from H 1 Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

$200 Question from H 1 What is the structure (shape) of DNA?

$200 Answer from H 1 A Double Helix

$300 Question from H 1 What is a chromosome?

$300 Answer from H 1 A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells.

What are the 3 components of a DNA strand? $400 Question for H 1

$400 Answer from H 1 Nucleotides, Sugar Backbone & Phosphate Group

$500 Question from H 1 What type of chemical bonds hold DNA together

$500 Answer from H 1 Covalent Bonds- Strong bonds formed between sugar and phosphate backbone. Hydrogen Bonds- weak bonds that form between nitrogenous bases

$100 Question from H 2 What are the four domains of Biotech?

$100 Answer from H 2 1. Industrial & Environmental 2. Medical 3. Agricultural 4. Diagnostic Research

$200 Question from H 2 Engineering body parts belongs to which of the 4 domains of Biotech?

$200 Answer from H 2 Medical

$300 Question from H 2 Which is not an early form of Biotech? Fermentation Herbal Medicine Insulin Production

$300 Answer from H 2 Insulin Production

$400 Question from H 2 Name 1 technique involved in Modern Biotech

$400 Answer from H 2 Polymerase Chain Reaction Cloning DNA manipulation

$500 Question from H 2 Name 2 Major implications we might face in the new Biotech Age

$500 Answer from H 2 Designer Babies “Memory Drugs” Super-Humans Cloning (many others)

$100 Question from H 3 What type of molecule is an Oligosaccharide?

$100 Answer from H 3 Carbohydrate

$200 Question from H 3 What happens when oligosaccharides are not broken down during digestion?

$200 Answer from H 3 Food for bacteria makes gas

$300 Question from H 3 What was the function of the alpha-galactosidase enzyme (Beano)?

$300 Answer from H 3 To break down the oligosaccharides into small sugars (glucose)

$400 Question from H 3 What is the difference between a control group and a variable group?

$400 Answer from H 3 The 1 variable The unknown (Beano) The thing you are testing.

$500 Question from H 3 Name 3 products of Biotech

$500 Answer from H 3 Insulin GMOs Laundry Detergent etc

$100 Question from H 4 What is the structure DNA coils around?

$100 Answer from H 4 Histone core proteins

$200 Question from H 4 For a gene to be expressed: What must be added to the section of DNA?

$200 Answer from H 4 Acetyl Group

$300 Question from H 4 What is epigenetic?

$300 Answer from H 4 Your “second genome” The DNA that gets express The “software of your DNA”

$400 Question from H 4 What are the Epigenome Tags?

$400 Answer from H 4 Methyl Group Acetyl Group

$500 Question from H 4 What could epigenetics mean to a Cancer Patient?

$500 Answer from H 4 That the DNA could just be active or inactive at the wrong places, and that by using the tags, we can modify gene expression to its normal state

$100 Question from H 5 Who were the 2 main Scientist behind the Human Genome Project?

$100 Answer from H 5 Craig Venter & Francis Collins

$200 Question from H 5 What’s the significance of Gregor Mendel’s work?

$200 Answer from H 5 It opened up the new field of genetics by showing that traits are inherited from the parents following a pattern.

$300 Question from H 5 What is the significance of Kary Mullis’ discovery?

$300 Answer from H 5 The invention of PCR allows us to amplify few copies of DNA across several orders of magnitude.

$400 Question from H 5 From the structure of DNA Who’s the unsung hero? and why?

$400 Answer from H 5 Rosalind Franklin. Her work in X-ray crystallography made the critical contribution to understand the shape of DNA.

$500 Question from H 5 What is the function of DNA Polymerase I & DNA Polymerase III

$500 Answer from H 5 DNA Pol I Repair of DNA Pol III Duplication of DNA

Final Jeopardy How can DNA microarrays help treat cancer?

Final Jeopardy Answer They provide a personalized description of what genes are active in a patient, thus allowing doctors to do a more personalized treatment tailored to that patient.