DNA

The building block of nucleic acids are nucleotides.  Nucleotides are composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a _________________ base.

• oxygen
• hydrogen
• nitrogen
• carbon

What are the four nitrogen bases?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
• adenine, lysine, prolene, guanine
• arganine, cytosine, lysine, purine
• lysine, cytosine, lucine, guanine

The shape of the DNA molecule is a double __________________?

• "S"
• helix
• rope
• curve

The sugar in DNA is ?

• sucrose
• glucose
• deoxyribose
• fructose

What kind of information does DNA carry?

• genetic
• nuclear
• cell structure
• it doesn't carry any info

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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DNA makes a copy of itself in a process called ________________________________?

• translation

• replication

• transcription

• division

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What are the building blocks for DNA?

• carbohydrates
• nucleotides
• lipids
• proteins

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• ribosome
• nucleus