In DNA, adenine bonds with ______________ on the opposite strand.

• Guanine

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

In DNA, guanine bonds with ______________ on the opposite strand.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

Which two molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose and adenine

• deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond

• sugar and the nucleus

• deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand of DNA?

ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG

• TAC ACT GTC

• GTA AGT GAC

• CAT TCA CTG

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogenous bases

• the order (sequence) of the nitrogenous bases

• the color of the nitrogenous bases

• the frequency (number) of nitrogenous bases

order of replication

• 3, 2, 1, 4

• 2, 1, 4, 3

• 2, 3, 1, 4

• 3, 4, 1, 2

The process of copying a strand of DNA into mRNA is called _______

• translation

• transcription

• replication

The process in which a ribosome uses mRNA instructions to make a protein is called ____

• transcription

• rRNA

• replication

• translation

DNA holds the code for making our cells' _____________.

• lipids

• carbohydrates

• proteins

• sugars