Pop Science: DNA

DNA stands for...

• do not assist

• deoxyrhino acid

• deoxynucleus acid

• deoxyribonucleic acid

DNA was first discovered in...

• 1859

• 1869

• 1879

• 1889

DNA was discovered by...

• James Cook

• Friedrich Meischer

• Raymond Gosling

• Martha Chase

Where is most DNA found?

• In major organs

• In the brain

• In the nucleus of a cell

• In the blood

Which part of the cell creates energy?

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• ribosome

The DNA 'code' contains four letters which are...

• A, B, G, T

• A, C, J, T

• A, B, C, D

• A, C, G, T

DNA comes in the shape of a...

• single helix

• straight ladder

• double helix

• circular helix

Human DNA is made up of nearly...

• 1 billion base pairs

• 2 billion base pairs

• 3 billion base pairs

• 4 billion base pairs

What percentage of DNA is basically the same in every human?

• 99 percent

• 98 percent

• 97 percent

• 96 percent

Doctors hope that DNA analysis will allow them to...

• live forever

• discover how all life started

• clone human beings

• treat genetic diseases