DNA - Formative

Which differences make your DNA unique and identifiable from everyone and everything else’s?

• The shape of the DNA molecule

• The color of nucleotides

• The order of the nucleotides

• All of the above

What is the purpose of PCR?

• Create many copies of DNA fragments

• Create a DNA fingerprint

• Remove DNA from a sample

• Cut the DNA into smaller pieces

Which suspect should be charged with the crime?

• Suspect 1

• Suspect 2

• Suspect 3

• None of these suspects

DNA profiling works because

• Most genes are dominant

• All organisms contain RNA

• The most important genes are different among most people

• No two people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What is the scientific name for the physical structure of DNA?

• Spiral Staircase

• Twisted Ladder

• Double Helix

• Circular

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Short sequences of nucleotides that are repeated many times, and are used to study differences between individuals are called

• codons

• RFLPs

• STRs

• CODIS

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand

AGCTCGAT

• AGCTCGAT

• TCGAGCTA

• TAGCTCGA

• CGTAGTCA

Investigator's run unknown DNA profiles through _________ in order to hopefully find a match to a known person's DNA profile.

• AFIS

• BBQ

• CODIS

• PDQ