Griffith, Avery, and Hershey/Chase all performed important experiments that helped us discover that the genetic material that stores hereditary information is encoded in ______.
Ch8.2 The Discovery of DNA as the Genetic Material

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Protein
Lipids
DNA
Ribosomes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Hershey and Chase did their DNA studies on viruses that infect bacteria, called __________________
Bacteriophages
Influenza
Staphylococcus
r-strains
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Hershey and Chase used the radioactive elements phosphorous and sulfur to study how bacteriophages infect bacteria. These elements were chosen because the element ______________ is
only found in DNA and the element _______________ is only found in protein.
phosphorous; sulfur
sulfur; phosphorous
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The strain of staphylococcus bacteria that can cause pneumonia (pathogenic)
r-strain
s-strain
both
neither
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The scientist(s) that first discovered bacterial transformation
Watson and Crick
Griffith
Avery
Hershey and Chase
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the structural difference between r-strain and s-strain staphylococcus?
the r-strain has a capsule and the s-strain does not.
the s-strain has a capsule and the r-strain does not.
the r-strain has DNA and the s-strain does not.
the s-strain has DNA and the r-strain does not.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Griffith's transformation experiments proved that DNA was the genetic material without a doubt.
True, he showed DNA was the genetic material
False, he only proved that there was a transformative material, but could determine if it was protein or DNA
False, his results were inconclusive and didn't get us any closer to discovering the genetic material
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