DNA structure and replication

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose sugar and adenine
• deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond
• deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus
• deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase
• replicase
• polymerase
• synthase

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

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

What are the nucleotides made of?

• Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
• Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
• Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
• Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine

Which enzyme fixes the Okazaki fragments in the lagging strand?

• Helicase
• Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primerase

If a strand reads:
3' A A A T T T C 5'
The matching strand would read...

• 5' T T T A A A G 3'
• 3' T T T A A A G 5'
• 5' A A A T T T C 3'
• 3' U U U A A A G 5'