Deoxyribonucleic Acid - Another name for DNA, DNA (look for definition) - Genetic Material, Double Helix - Two pieces wrapped around in a spiral, Chromatin - Unorganized DNA, Chromosomes - Organized Rod shaped DNA, Sister Chromatids - Identical chromosomes with a centromere in the middle., Nucleotide - Building Blocks of DNA, Back Bone - Sides of DNA; made up of the sugar and phosphate groups of a nucleotide, Base Pair Rule - A goes with T; G goes with C, Chargaff - Came up with the base pair rule, Purine - 2 Rings on Base Pair (A, G), Pyrimidine - 1 Ring on Base Pair (C, T), A - Adenine, T - Thymine, C - Cytosine, G - Guanine, Semiconservative - One strand is old and one strand is new, Complementary Strand - New strand just made, DNA Helicase - enzyme that unzips the DNA, DNA Polymerase - enzyme that puts the pieces together, Replication Fork - Where the DNA splits during replication, RNA (look for defintion) - makes proteins, Ribonucleic Acid - another name for RNA, Messenger RNA (mRNA) - RNA molecule that can leave the nucleus to make proteins. "messages the other parts", Codon - three letter code for mRNA, Transfer RNA (tRNA) - "transfers" the pairs for the codons.,

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