DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.)

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

• polysaccharides

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides to form a complementary strand of DNA?

• Helicase

• DNA Polymerase

• Ligase

• Primase

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription

• Protein synthesis

In an eukaryotic cell, Which organelle is DNA usually found in ?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds
• ionic bonds
• covalent bonds
• hydrogen bonds

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?

• G1

• S

• G2

• M