DNA Structure

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DNA Structure

What does DNA look like?

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Where can Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) be found in eukaryotic cells?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• in the cytoplasm

• cell membrane

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In the last shot of the video, Joseph Graves Jr. evolutionary biologist says, "DNA is the molecule of______".

• proteins

• humans

• heredity

• discovery

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Deoxyglucoucleic Acid

• Demonic Acid

• Destabilizing Amoeba

Before we watch the video, here are the questions you need to be able to answer.

1. How much DNA is in each human cell?

2. How much DNA is in all human cells combined?

3.How is DNA “packaged”?

4.How many chromosomes do humans have?

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​1) How much DNA is in each human cell?

​2) How much DNA is in all human cells combined?

​3) How is DNA "packaged"?

​4) How many chromosomes do humans have?

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How much DNA is in each human cell?

• 1 meter of DNA in each human cell

• 2-3 meters of DNA in each human cell

• 50 meters of DNA in each human cell

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How much DNA is in all human cells combined?

• All DNA added up from each cell in the human body could go from the earth and back 70 times

• All DNA added up from each cell in the human body could go from the earth and back once

• All DNA added up from each cell in the human body could go from the earth and back 770 times

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How is DNA “packaged”?

• DNA is packaged in the cell as ribosomes.

• DNA is packaged in the cell as 'nucleus spots'.

• DNA is packaged in the cell as chromosomes.

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How many chromosomes do humans have?

• Humans have 4 chromosomes

• Humans have 46 chromosomes

• Humans have 82 chromosomes

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The overall shape of DNA is descibed as a ______ _____.

• semi circle

• double helix

• helix

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What is the basic building block of DNA called?

• amino acids

• nucleic acids

• nucleotides

• RNA

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Which of the following are the "three parts" of a nucleotide?

• amino acid

• nitrogen base

• lipid

• sugar

• phosphate

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Click the two molecules that make up the sides of DNA :

• sugar (ribose)

• nitrogen base

• sugar (deoxyribose)

• phosphate

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What part of the nucleotide makes up the middle of the DNA molecule?

• sugar

• nucleic acid

• nitrogen base

• phosphate

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The nitrogen bases are stuck together with:

• water bonds

• hydrogen bonds

• oxygen bonds

• sugar

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Adenine

Guanine

Cytosine

Thymine

Are the 4 nitrogenous bases.

Thymine will always bond to

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Adenine will always bond to __________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

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Guanine will always bond to

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

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Cytosine will always bind to

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

Chargaff's Ratio

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The final composition of DNA is:

15% adenine

35% cytosine

35% guanine.

What would the percentage of Thymine be?

• 35 %

• 100%

• 15%

• 80%

Write down what pairs with 1-5. You answer these soon

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Choose the correct order 1-5 from the previous screen

• 1. G

  2.C

  3.G

  4. A

  5. C

• 1. C

  2.C

  3. T

  4. A

  5. T

• 1. C

  2. A

  3. T

  4. G

  5. T