Introduction to DNA

What best explains DNA

• A blueprint for Plants

• A blueprint for Animals

• A blueprint for Humans

• A blueprint for all life

Which of the following best explains the Central Dogma?

• an explanation for how DNA is read to make nucleic acids

• an explanation for how DNA is read to make carbohydrates

• an explanation for how DNA is read to make lipids

• an explanation for how DNA is read to make proteins

Where is DNA stored?

• your brain

• ribosomes

• nucleus

• mitochondria

What is a gene?

• All of your DNA

• A section of DNA that codes for a protein that gives you a trait

• tightly packed DNA

• the inside of your cell

T or F: muscle cells and liver cells have the same DNA

• True

• False

Why do different cells from the same person look different and have different jobs?

• They do not have the same DNA

• They have the same DNA, but use different parts of it

• Cells from the same person look the same.

Which cells in your body do not have a full copy of your DNA?

• Heart

• Brain

• Reproductive

• Gland

What are the first 22 chromosomes called?

• sex

• autosomes

What is the monomer of DNA?

• amino acids

• lipids

• nucleotide

• nucleic acids

What is the shape of DNA?

• flat

• double helix

• spherical

• square