Midterm Review - DNA Fingerprinting

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

A nucleotide includes...?

• pentose sugar
• nitrogenous base
• phosphate group
• all of the above

In DNA, Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Which 2 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

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Denitrogenous acid
• Deribonucleic acid
• Diribonucleic acid

What is responsible for holding the two strands of the DNA double helix together?

• hydrogen bonds
• alleles
• London dispersion forces
• deoxyribose sugars

Name this structure

• double helix
• nucelotide
• twisted ladder
• hydrogen bond

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

The unique-ness of each individual is determined by the:

• base-pairing rule

• number of nucleotides in the nucleus

• sequence of bases in its DNA

• the antiparallel nature of DNA

The instructions for inherited traits

• Avery
• Hershey
• Griffiths
• Genes