Year 12 · SACE / Biology
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- Write one prompt per card. Use definitions, explanations or examples from your current topic.
- Answer aloud before turning the card. Split a card if it asks for several unrelated facts.
- Set aside missed cards and revisit them in a later session.
Recall topics
- What three components make up a DNA nucleotide?
- Which bonds must be distinguished in a DNA double helix?
- How does complementary base pairing support accurate replication?
- What does antiparallel mean for DNA strands?
- What is the partner strand alongside 5′-AGTC-3′?
- What does semi-conservative DNA replication conserve?
- Why must DNA be copied before a cell divides by mitosis?
- How are typical prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes organised?
- Where else can a eukaryotic cell contain DNA besides the nucleus?
- What would one round of replication do to a labelled parental DNA molecule?
- Why is a gene not always described as a protein recipe?
- What does transcription produce from a protein-coding gene?
- How do coding and template DNA strands differ in a transcription question?
- What mRNA sequence corresponds to template DNA 3′-TACGGA-5′?
- What happens to introns during processing of a typical eukaryotic pre-mRNA?
- How do mRNA, tRNA and rRNA cooperate in translation?
- How is a codon table read correctly?
- What is the relationship between the anticodon and its mRNA codon?
- What does degeneracy of the genetic code mean?
- Why does a reading frame matter during translation?
- What are the four levels of protein structure?
- Which bonds link successive amino acids in a polypeptide?
- How can changing one amino acid alter protein function?
- Why is an enzyme’s three-dimensional shape important?
- What does the induced-fit model add to a rigid lock-and-key picture?
- How does an enzyme accelerate a reaction?
- Why can an enzyme-controlled rate fall after temperature rises beyond its optimum?
- How can changing pH alter enzyme activity?
- Why does reaction rate level off as substrate concentration rises at fixed enzyme concentration?
- How can an inhibitor reduce an enzyme-controlled reaction rate?
- How can cells with similar genomes acquire different functions?
- What role can a transcription factor play in gene expression?
- How does an epigenetic modification differ from a base-sequence mutation?
- How can DNA methylation affect gene activity?
- Why can identical twins or clones show phenotypic differences?
- How can a base substitution leave a protein sequence unchanged?
- What is a frameshift mutation?
- How does a nonsense mutation differ from a missense mutation?
- Why does a mutation’s cell of origin matter for inheritance?
- How can altered regulation of cell-division genes contribute to uncontrolled growth?
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