Tag: Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

DNA

How Can You Tell That Something is Alive?

To tell that something is real you have to see if it can reproduce, grow, adapt, and react to the environment. There are other things that you can tell are alive. If it is moving, if it is breathing, if it is reacting to pain, and such.

 

DNA – Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

DNA has these two walls, that are 3 cm apart. The four letters we use for this are ATG and C.

T goes with A

A goes with T

G goes with C

And C goes with G

If any of these letters are not with their designated letter it can cause Mutations which can cause stuff like cancer.

It’s almost like a book. And your book is 3 Billion pages long

You also have 20 trillion cells.

And we made this with lollies

Heres a picture