DNA basics

DNA basics

By Kristen Yarka

Multiple Choice

Who is Chase’s partner in the experiment?

• Kisses

• Musketeers

• Hersheys

• M&M’s

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What was directly, quantitatively measured?

• Radiation concentration

• Number of bacterium

• amount of protein

• concentration of phosphorus

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How did Hershey & Chase “tag” the bacteriophages?

• Track DNA by radiation concentrations

• Infection

• Blending

• Centrifiguration

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How many nucleotide bases are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

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DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

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Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

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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

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Denitrogenous acid
• Deribonucleic acid
• Diribonucleic acid

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Adenine pairs with...

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Guanine
• It does not pair with any of them

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The shape of DNA is...

• Twisted helix
• Flat helix
• Hexagon
• Pentagon

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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

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

• AACGATA
• TTCGTTA
• CCTGATA
• TTCGATA

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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

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Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of

• DNA structure
• DNA bases
• DNA double helix
• Paired bases

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

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine
• Guanine

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

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine
• Guanine