DNA basics

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Biology

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8th Grade

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HS-LS1-1

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Kristen Yarka

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DNA basics

By Kristen Yarka

Multiple Choice

Who is Chase’s partner in the experiment?

Kisses

Musketeers

Hersheys

M&M’s

Multiple Choice

What was directly, quantitatively measured?

Radiation concentration

Number of bacterium

amount of protein

concentration of phosphorus

Multiple Choice

How did Hershey & Chase “tag” the bacteriophages?

Track DNA by radiation concentrations

Infection

Blending

Centrifiguration

Multiple Choice

How many nucleotide bases are there?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

double helix

contains ribose

made of amino acids

contains Uracil

Multiple Choice

DNA is a polymer made of:

Nucleotides

Ribosomes

Purines

Pyrimidines

Multiple Choice

Guanine bonds with ______________.

Adenine

Guanine

Cytosine

Thymine

Multiple Choice

What are the proper complementary base-pairs?

A--T and G--C

A--G and C--T

G--T and A--C

A--C and T--G

Multiple Choice

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Denitrogenous acid

Deribonucleic acid

Diribonucleic acid

Multiple Choice

Adenine pairs with...

Thymine

Cytosine

Guanine

It does not pair with any of them

Multiple Choice

The shape of DNA is...

Twisted helix

Flat helix

Hexagon

Pentagon

Multiple Choice

T A G G A C T

The complementary strand is...

T A G G A C T

A T G G T G A

A T C C T G A

T T C C A G T

Multiple Choice

What will the matching sequence be on a strand that reads AAGCTAT?

AACGATA

TTCGTTA

CCTGATA

TTCGATA

Multiple Choice

Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?

C-A, T-G

A-G, C-T

C-G, U-A

T-A, G-C

Multiple Choice

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of

DNA structure

DNA bases

DNA double helix

Paired bases

Multiple Choice

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

Thymine

Cytosine

Adenine

Guanine

Multiple Choice

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

Thymine

Cytosine

Adenine

Guanine

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