Ch8.2 The Discovery of DNA as the Genetic Material

Ch8.2 The Discovery of DNA as the Genetic Material

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12 Qs

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Ch8.2 The Discovery of DNA as the Genetic Material

Ch8.2 The Discovery of DNA as the Genetic Material

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Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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Phil Zuber

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Griffith, Avery, and Hershey/Chase all performed important experiments that helped us discover that the genetic material that stores hereditary information is encoded in ______.

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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