DNA Structure and Cell Cycle Test Review

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

What are the 4 nitrogen bases in DNA?

• adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
• adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
• adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
• adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose

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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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?

• nitrogenous base
• nucleic acid
• cholesterol
• fatty acid

The process in which the DNA makes a copy of itself is 

• replication
• translation
• transcription
• mitosis

DNA Replication occurs before 

• Mitosis
• The Cell Cycle
• Translocation
• Transcription

The phase when the cell is resting, growing, and getting ready for mitosis is called?

• The cell cycle
• Interphase
• Mitosis
• Cytokinesis

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During interphase, ________is replicated.

• ATP

• DNA

• RNA

• FBI

The structure in the nucleus that is formed from DNA is called a __________________.

• chromosome

• organelle

• membraneds

• ribosome

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