DNA Replication

Sometimes, DNA is called "semi-conservative." Why might this be?

• The old strand is "conserved" and used to make the new strands
• Uracil is "conserved" in that it is only used to make the new strands
• ATP is "conserved" via the usage of facilitated diffusion
• Ligase is "conserved" in that it is denatured by the process

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

DNA replication turns one strand of DNA into two new strands of DNA. What percent of each new strand is the old strand?

• Half of each new DNA is the old DNA
• The old strand of DNA was digested, so none
• The new DNA is entirely made up of the old DNA
• About every sixth base comes from the old DNA

What is the shape of DNA?

• Double helix
• Triple helix
• Flat, bilayer
• Three-pronged rigid ladder

A DNA nucleotide contains all of the following, except...

• Deoxyribose
• Phosphate group
• Nitrogenous base
• Cholesterol

Polymerase is able to replicate the new DNA ______ along the leading strand.

• continuously
• only in short fragments
• very slowly
• prokaryotically

The enzyme that splits open the DNA creates what's called a fork - where the DNA separates into the lagging strand and the ______ strand.

• leading
• leveraging
• Okazaki
• ligase

3' and 5' refer to...

• How effectively the helicase works
• What direction the nucleotides are pointing
• Where the RNA primer attaches
• Okazaki's famous experiment

This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.

• anti-parallel
• deoxyribosic
• helical
• radioactive

What are the gaps between the newly synthesized DNA on the lagging strand called?

• Okazaki fragments
• Polymer gaps
• Helicase fragments
• Acidic gaps

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'