Pulse Check #1 for Quiz 1 - Genetics Unit 4

DNA stands for

• Dioxyribo Nucleic Acid

• Dunder Nucleic Acid

• Dopamine Nucleic Acid

• Deciduous Nucleic Acid

Which of the following is correctly matches: ATT GTA CGA

• TAA CAT GCT

• ATT GTA CGA

• TAA GTA TCG

• GCC ACG TAC

Label the picture in order:

• phosphate ; sugar ; base

• phosphate ; base ; sugar

• base ; sugar ; phosphate

• base ; phosphate ; sugar

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

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

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein

The following picture must be

• DNA because it's double stranded
• RNA because it's single stranded
• DNA because it's single stranded
• RNA because it's double stranded

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What does this picture represent?

• amino acid
• base pairing
• nucleotide
• the DNA molecule