Biology Daily Notebook Lesson Student Name___________________________Date Due___________ Class Period_____________ Lesson# ____ Biology Objectives: _____ Topic:__Discovering DNA__________

Vocabulary

Define the words that were included in today’s lesson.

Transformation DNA RNA Nucleic Acids Nucleotides

Writing and

Drawing

Draw and label the DNA helix. Name the 4 nitrogen bases. (ATGC)

Connections to

Learning

What prior knowledge made today’s lesson more meaningful? What did you know already? (“Free write” in this area.)

Summary

Summarize today’s lesson: What occurred? What did you learn?

Practice

What do you still need to study/practice/reinforce? You MUST write something.

Practice and Application Questions

1. A nucleotide consists of

a. a sugar, a protein, and adenine.b. a sugar, an amino acid, and starch.c. a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.d. a starch, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.

2. Of the four nitrogen bases in DNA, which two are purines and which two are pyrimidines?

a. adenine—thymine; uracil—cytosineb. adenine—thymine; guanine—cytosinec. adenine—guanine; thymine—cytosined. uracil—thymine; guanine—cytosine

3. Watson and Crick built models that demonstrated that

a. DNA and RNA have the same structure.b. DNA is made of two strands that twist into a double helix.c. guanine forms hydrogen bonds with adenine.d. thymine forms hydrogen bonds with cytosine

4. DNA is copied during a process called

a. replication.b. translation.c. transcription.d. transformation.