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DNA basics

DNA basics

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Biology

8th Grade

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NGSS
HS-LS1-1

Standards-aligned

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Kristen Yarka

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11 Slides • 17 Questions

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Who is Chase’s partner in the experiment?

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Kisses

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Musketeers

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Hersheys

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M&M’s

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Multiple Choice

What was directly, quantitatively measured?

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Radiation concentration

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Number of bacterium

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amount of protein

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concentration of phosphorus

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Multiple Choice

How did Hershey & Chase “tag” the bacteriophages?

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Track DNA by radiation concentrations

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Infection

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Blending

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Centrifiguration

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How many nucleotide bases are there?

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Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
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double helix
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contains ribose
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made of amino acids
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contains Uracil

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DNA is a polymer made of:
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Nucleotides
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Ribosomes
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Purines
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Pyrimidines

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Guanine bonds with ______________.
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Adenine
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Guanine
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Cytosine
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Thymine

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Multiple Choice

What are the proper complementary base-pairs?

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A--T and G--C

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A--G and C--T

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G--T and A--C

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A--C and T--G

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Multiple Choice

What does DNA stand for?
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
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Denitrogenous acid
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Deribonucleic acid
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Diribonucleic acid

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Multiple Choice

Adenine pairs with...
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Thymine
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Cytosine
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Guanine
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It does not pair with any of them

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Multiple Choice

The shape of DNA is...
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Twisted helix
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Flat helix
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Hexagon
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Pentagon

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Multiple Choice

T A G G A C T


The complementary strand is...

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T A G G A C T

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A T G G T G A

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A T C C T G A

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T T C C A G T

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Multiple Choice

What will the matching sequence be on a strand that reads AAGCTAT?
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AACGATA
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TTCGTTA
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CCTGATA
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TTCGATA

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Multiple Choice

Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?
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C-A, T-G
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A-G, C-T
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C-G, U-A
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T-A, G-C

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Multiple Choice

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of
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DNA structure
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DNA bases
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DNA double helix
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Paired bases

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Multiple Choice

The rules of DNA pairing states that Adenine (A) always pairs up with
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Thymine
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Cytosine
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Adenine
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Guanine

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Multiple Choice

The rules of DNA pairing states that Cytosine (C) always pairs up with
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Thymine
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Cytosine
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Adenine
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Guanine

DNA basics

By Kristen Yarka

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