7.L.16.1 DNA

Adenine (A) bonds with ______________.

• Guanine (G)

• Thymine (T)

• Cytosine (C)

• Adenine (A)

What shape is DNA?

• a circle

• a triangle

• a double helix

What is a gene?

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

• something inside the nucleus

• a section/piece of DNA

• all of your DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

If we think of DNA as a ladder, which parts are the steps of the ladder?

• the nitrogen base pairs

• the phosphate-sugar backbone

• the genes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What does this image represent?

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Nucleus

• Nitrogen Bases

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the matching nitrogen base sequence for the gene below?

A-

T-

C-

• T-

  G-

  T-

• G-

  C-

  A-

• T-

  A-

  G-

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the name of this structure found in our nucleus?

• chromosome

• gene

• ribosome

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• oxygen
• hydrogen
• nitrogen
• carbon