Quiz about DNA & Cell Cycle

Question 1

What is a series of events a cell goes through as they grow and divide?

Accepted Answer

Cell Cycle

Answer

Cell Division

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

Mitosis

Question 2

What is the longest stage of the cell cycle called?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

M phase

Answer

G1 Phase

Question 3

During what stage does the G₁, S and G₂ phases happen?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

Answer

M phase

Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Cytokinesis

Question 4

During which stage of the cell cycle does mitosis and cytokinesis occur?

Accepted Answer

M phase

Answer

Interphase

Answer

S phase

Answer

G1 phase

Question 5

During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

Accepted Answer

S phase

Answer

G1 phase

Answer

G2 phase

Answer

M phase

Question 6

During what phase of the cell cycle does the cell grow?

Accepted Answer

G1 phase

Answer

S phase

Answer

M phase

Answer

Cytokinesis

Question 7

During what phase of the cell cycle does the cell prepare for mitosis?

Accepted Answer

G2 phase

Answer

G1 phase

Answer

S phase

Answer

M phase

Question 8

How many stages are in mitosis?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 9

What phase is this cell in?

Accepted Answer

Metaphase

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Prophase

Question 10

What phase is this cell in?

Accepted Answer

Anaphase

Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Interphase

Answer

Telophase

Question 11

What phase is this cell in?

Accepted Answer

Telophase

Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

Prophase

Question 12

What phase is this cell in?

Accepted Answer

Prophase

Answer

Mitosis

Answer

Interphase

Answer

Telophase

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

nitrogen

Answer

oxygen

Answer

hydrogen

Answer

carbon

Question 14

What are the four nitrogen bases?

Accepted Answer

adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine

Answer

adenine, lysine, prolene, guanine

Answer

arganine, cytosine, lysine, purine

Answer

lysine, cytosine, lucine, guanine

Question 15

The sugar in DNA is ?

Accepted Answer

deoxyribose

Answer

sucrose

Answer

glucose

Answer

fructose

Question 16

What are the building blocks for DNA?

Accepted Answer

nucleotides

Answer

carbohydrates

Answer

lipids

Answer

proteins

Question 17

Adenine bonds with ______________.

Accepted Answer

Thymine

Answer

Guanine

Answer

Cytosine

Answer

Adenine

Question 18

Guanine bonds with ______________.

Accepted Answer

Cytosine

Answer

Adenine

Answer

Guanine

Answer

Thymine

Question 19

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

Accepted Answer

TAC ACT GTC

Answer

ATG TGA CAG

Answer

GTA AGT GAC

Answer

CAT TCA CTG

Question 20

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

Accepted Answer

double helix

Answer

contains ribose

Answer

made of amino acids

Answer

contains Uracil

Question 21

How many chromosomes do human somatic cells (body cells) have?

Accepted Answer

46

Answer

23

Answer

48

Answer

92

Question 22

When you start with 1 cell, at the end of mitosis, how many identical cells will you have?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

1

Answer

3

Answer

4

Question 23

After mitosis is complete, the new cells:

Accepted Answer

are all identical

Answer

are half identical and half different

Answer

are all different

Answer

are all stretched out

Question 24

Place these cells in order of mitosis.

Accepted Answer

C, E, A, D, B

Answer

A, B, C, D, E

Answer

B, E, D, A, C

Answer

B, D, A, E, C

Question 25

If the percentage of DNA is made of 30% Thymine, what is the correct percentage of Guanine?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

30

Answer

15

Answer

60

Question 26

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

Accepted Answer

helicase

Answer

replicase

Answer

polymerase

Answer

synthase

Question 27

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,

Accepted Answer

each one with one new strand and one original strand

Answer

each one with two original strands

Answer

each one with two new strands

Answer

one with two new strands and the other with two original strands

Question 28

The DNA nucleotide is composed of three parts. Which two components make up the nucleotide backbone?

Accepted Answer

deoxyribose sugar and phosphate group

Answer

ribose sugar and base

Answer

ribose sugar and phosphate group

Answer

nitrogen base and deoxyribose sugar

Question 29

What is responsible for holding the two strands of the DNA double helix together?

Accepted Answer

hydrogen bonds

Answer

alleles

Answer

London dispersion forces

Answer

deoxyribose sugars

Question 30

Why is DNA important?

Accepted Answer

it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

Answer

it is very small and very complicated

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it's in everything

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because we eat it every day for energy

Question 31

Name this structure

Accepted Answer

nucelotide

Answer

double helix

Answer

twisted ladder

Answer

hydrogen bond

Question 32

Which letter in the picture below depicts the lagging strand in DNA replication?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

None of the above

Question 33

DNA replication runs from ______' to _____' and is said to be ______________________

Accepted Answer

5, 3, antiparallel

Answer

3, 5, antiparallel

Answer

5, 3, parallel

Answer

3, 5, parallel

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