Forensics DNA

Crime suspects may be asked to:

• Provide a skin sample

• Have swabs taken from their mouth

• Supply a hair sample

• None of the above

What term is used to describe the shape of a DNA Molecule?

• Triple Spiral

• Double Helix

• A Tilted Stair Case

Which of the following is not a nucleotide found in the DNA Molecule?

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Benzine

• Adenine

• Guanine

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

Mitochondrial DNA is different from nuclear DNA because (CHOOSE TWO)...

• It is inherited only from the mother

• It is inherited only from the father

• It is in the shape of a circular loop

• It is in linear strands

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

The total amount DNA in a cell is called the ?

• DNA Fingerprint

• Introns

• Genome

• Restriction Enzyme

Biological evidence is used in forensics for DNA identification purposes. Biological evidence includes ...

• blood

• saliva

• urine

• all of these

Restriction Enzymes . . . 

• cut DNA at precise locations
• help bacteria to pick up DNA
• move DNA through a gel
• copy DNA