DNA Replication

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase
• replicase
• polymerase
• synthase

What is responsible for holding the two strands of the DNA double helix together?

• hydrogen bonds
• alleles
• London dispersion forces
• deoxyribose sugars

The enzyme that comes first temporarily gets the single strand ready to add new nucleotides is called "The Initializer" or 

• Helicase
• Primase
• Polymerase
• Nuclease

Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides ("The Builder")?

• Topoisomerase
• DNA Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primase

What is the end result of replication?

• Two new identical strands of DNA
• One parent strand and one daughter strand of DNA
• Two new and different strands of DNA
• One new strand of DNA