DNA: the book of you (https://ed.ted.com/lessons/dna-the-book-of-you-joe-hanson)

Hanson says, "There are more cells in the human body than there are:

• Stars in the Milky Way

• Apartments in Manhattan

• Golf balls in the PGA tour

• Fish in the sea

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The entire Genome (or, "The Book of You") is contained inside the __________ of the cell

• mitochondria

• cell wall

• nucleus

• lysosomes

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DNA is crammed into a space nearly 1 million times smaller than itself. What does it first to organise itself?

• The thread of protein separates itself into parallel strips according to base pairs.

• The short part of the protein thread disassembles and reassembles only when cells are formed.

• There is no apparent organisation in the long thread of DNA.

• The long thread of DNA wraps around proteins clustered into little beads called nucleosomes.

Who were the first guys to build a model of a DNA molecule?

• Larry, Moe, and Curley Joe
• Watson and Crick
• Watson and Holmes
• Superman and Batman

What are the four nitrogen bases?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
• adenine, lysine, prolene, guanine
• arganine, cytosine, lysine, purine
• lysine, cytosine, lucine, guanine

The shape of the DNA molecule is a double __________________?

• "S"
• helix
• rope
• curve

What kind of information does DNA carry?

• genetic
• nuclear
• cell structure
• it doesn't carry any info

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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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Who took a picture of DNA that helped determine it's shape?

• Watson

• Crick

• Franklin

• Chargaff

What is the most famous photo of DNA?

• Photo 51

• Photo 22

• Photo 48

• Photo 35