DNA Structure and Replication

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated

• it's in everything

• it serves as the blueprint for making proteins in living organisms

• because we eat it every day for energy

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Denitrogenous acid
• Deribonucleic acid
• Diribonucleic acid

Name this structure

• double helix

• nucelotide

• twisted ladder

• hydrogen bond

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Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

What are nucleotides composed (made) of?

• Sugar, Phosphate, Nitrogen Base

• Phosphate, Adenine, Nitrogen Base

• Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine

• Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Which shows the correct complementary nitrogen base pairing for DNA?

• C-A, T-G

• A-G, C-T

• C-G, U-A

• T-A, G-C

What determines the code, or instructions, within a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

• the color of the nitrogen bases

• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine