DNA

What is a gene?

• A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into

• something inside the nucleus

• a segment of DNA

• all of your DNA

The two strands of nitrogenous bases in DNA are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds

• ionic bonds

• covalent bonds

• hydrogen bonds

The drawing shows the structure of what molecule?

• A DNA molecule
• A lipid molecule
• A carbohydrate molecule
• A protein molecule

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What is this a picture of?

• nucleotide

• DNA strand

• chromosome

• gene

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_____________________ carries information for inherited traits.

• DNA
• FBI
• RNA
• CBS

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What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• sugar and phosphate

• sugar and a hydrogen bond

• sugar and the nucleus

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• nucleus

• vacuole

• chloroplast

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase

• replicase

• polymerase

• synthase

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription