DNA Structure and Function

DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

What will the matching sequence be on a strand that reads AAGCTAT?

• AACGATA
• TTCGTTA
• CCTGATA
• TTCGATA

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

the process of making a copy of DNA

• transcription
• double helix
• DNA replication
• replication fork

Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?

• C-A, T-G
• A-G, C-T
• C-G, U-A
• T-A, G-C

__________________ is a change in the nucleotide base sequence of DNA.

• switch
• eraser
• creation
• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following sequences of processes correctly reflects the central dogma?

• protein synthesis, transcription, translation
• protein synthesis, translation, transcription
• transcription, translation, protein synthesis
• translation, transcription, protein synthesis