DNA Replication

Which enzyme has the job of unzipping the double helix?

• Helicase
• Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primerase

If a strand reads:
3' A A A T T T C 5'
The matching strand would read...

• 5' T T T A A A G 3'
• 3' T T T A A A G 5'
• 5' A A A T T T C 3'
• 3' U U U A A A G 5'

A DNA nucleotide contains all of the following, except...

• Deoxyribose
• Phosphate group
• Nitrogenous base
• Cholesterol

What is the shape of DNA?

• Double helix
• Triple helix
• Flat, bilayer
• Three-pronged rigid ladder

DNA replication turns one strand of DNA into two new strands of DNA. What percent of each new strand is the old strand?

• Half of each new DNA is the old DNA
• The old strand of DNA was digested, so none
• The new DNA is entirely made up of the old DNA
• About every sixth base comes from the old DNA

Sometimes, DNA is called "semi-conservative." Why might this be?

• The old strand is "conserved" and used to make the new strands
• Uracil is "conserved" in that it is only used to make the new strands
• ATP is "conserved" via the usage of facilitated diffusion
• Ligase is "conserved" in that it is denatured by the process

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which enzyme is responsible for adding the free nucleotides to the replicating DNA? ​

• DNA Helicase

• DNA Ligase

• DNA polyermase

• RNA Polymerase

Which is the first step?

• DNA Helicase unwinds original DNA strand

• RNA Primase lays down RNA primer for new nucleotide bases.

• DNA polymerase builds new strands by bring in new nucleotide bases.

• Ligase knits together fragments on lagging strand

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.) 

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine