NEW AP Bio DNA and RNA Structure and DNA Replication

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

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DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

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DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

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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

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

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

What will the matching sequence be for 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

the process of making a copy of DNA

• transcription
• double helix
• DNA replication
• replication fork

The enzyme that unwinds the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase
• replicase
• polymerase
• synthase