DNA Structure & Discovery Review

The scientists who created an accurate model of the DNA double helix and won a Nobel Prize for this discovery

• Watson & Crick
• Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
• Wilkins & Crick
• Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• deoxyribose sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• ribose sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• ribose sugar, phosphate, protein

Chargraff's Rule says that

• A pairs with C

• C pairs with G

• G pairs with T

• T pairs with A

Who was responsible for determining the structure of DNA?

• Watson and Crick
• Chargaff
• Rosalind Franklin
• All of the above

Which scientist(s) determined that viruses contain DNA?

• Avery & McLeod

• Watson & Crick

• Griffith & Franklin

• Hershey & Chase

Which scientist determined that DNA carries genetic information?

• Chargaff

• Avery

• Franklin

• Mendel

Replicate the following strand of DNA by following the base-pairing rules:  
AATCATGGA

• AATCATGGA
• TTAGTACCT
• UUAGUACCU
• GGATAUCUA

In eukaryotes, DNA is usually found in the​ (a)   , while in prokaryotes, DNA is found in the ​ (b)   .

• nucleus
• cytoplasm