DNA & DNA Replication 2021

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Denitrogenous acid

• Deribonucleic acid

• Diribonucleic acid

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix

• contains ribose

• made of amino acids

• contains Uracil

DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides

• Ribosomes

• Purines

• Pyrimidines

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

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine

• guanine

• thymine

• uracil

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• ribosome

• nucleus

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, protein

DNA codes for...

• bases

• proteins

• amino acids

• phosphates

the process of making a copy of DNA

• transcription

• double helix

• DNA replication

• replication fork