
GENES, CHROMOSOMES, AND DNA QUIZ
Authored by angelo anievas
Science
7th - 10th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before a cell divides, the chromosomes in its nucleus are double-stranded. Each strand is called ______________
DNA
chromatid
nucleosome
gene
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
•A __________ is joined to other nucleosome in a chain by linker DNA. The chain of nucleosome gives chromosomes its “beads on a string” appearance
chromosome
nucleosome
DNA
gene
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
_______________is made up of two organic compounds:
-Proteins called histones, and
-Nuceic acid called DNA
chromosome
DNA
gene
histones
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is made up of tremendously long deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules tightly coiled around an equal mass of protein called histones
chromatid
gene
DNA
centromere
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before a cell divides, the ___________ in its nucleus are double-stranded. Each strand is called chromatid
chromosomes
nucleus
DNA
centromere
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules are tightly coiled around an equal mass of protein called
histones
centromere
DNA
gene
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The building units of nucleic acid molecules are called
nucleotides
deoxyribose
DNA
polynucleotides
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