Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DNA HISTORY: Who proposed the base pairing rule (A with T and G with C)?

• Chargaff

• Franklin

• Watson & Crick

DNA HISTORY: Whose x-ray studies confirmed the structure of DNA?

• Chargaff

• Franklin

• Watson & Crick

DNA HISTORY: Who developed the double helix structure for DNA?

• Chargaff

• Franklin

• Watson & Crick

Where is DNA located?

• Prokaryotes: nucleus

  Eukaryotes: cytoplasm

• Prokaryotes: cytoplasm

  Eukaryotes: nucleus

• In the NUCLEUS for ALL organisms

• In the CYTOPLASM for ALL organisms

Traits are coded sections of DNA (chromosomes) called this....

• Genes

• Diploids

• Gameates

• Chromatins

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

DNA is basically an instruction code to build ______

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

Answer explanation

Proteins are the WORKERS of living things...

-Enzymes: help chemical reactions to occur better

-Antibodies: protect from infections

-Hormones: chemical messengers

-Cell Membrane: transport channel for larger molecules

-Hemoglobin: found in blood to carry oxygen

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

DNA's structure is known as a:

• Twisted Ladder

• Special Spiral

• Double Helix

• Spiral Staircase

Which two components make up the backbone (sides) of the DNA structure?

• Sugar and

  Phosphate

• Adenine and Sugar

• Thymine and Phosphate

• Carbon and Hydrogen

What are the bonds that connect the base pairs?

• Carbon

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

Adenine bonds with...

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine