DNA Quiz

Which of the following is a correct complementary base pair?

• Guanine-Thymine

• Guanine-Guanine

• Adenine-Cytosine

• Cytosine-Guanine

This picture shows you 1 side of a DNA molecule. What would be the matching DNA bases of the unlabeled strand from TOP to BOTTOM?

• G-A-G-T

• C-U-C-A

• T-C-T-G

• G-A-G-A

What are the 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide?

• Hydrogen bond, deoxyribose sugar, and phosphate

• Phosphate,deoxyribose sugar, and nitrogen base

• Cytosine, ribose sugar, and phosphate

• Phosphate, hydrogen bond, and ribose 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

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What base does RNA have that DNA does not?

• uracil

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

What does DNA stand for?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which two scientists get credit for discovering the overall structure and building a model of DNA?

• Watson and Crick

• Wilkins and Franklin

• Wilkins and Crick

• Watson and Franklin