DNA & RNA Vocabulary Quiz

What is the role of DNA?

• reproducing new cells

• replication

• storing, copying and passing on genetic information in the cell

What is DNA made up of?

• antibiotics

• telomere

• nucleotides

• bacteriophage

What is DNA?

• protein

• lipid

• carbohydrate

• nucleic acid

What is the principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine?

• replication

• transformation

• base pairing

• nucleotides

What is an example of a DNA nitrogen base?

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

• All of the above

What is a process of copying DNA prior to cell division?

• replication

• transformation

• base pairing

• DNA polymerase

Which nitrogenous base pairs with adenine (A)?

• adenine (A)

• thymine (T)

• guanine (G)

• cytosine (C)

Which nitrogenous base pairs with guanine (G)?

• adenine (A)

• thymine (T)

• guanine (G)

• cytosine (C)

_____________: The primary physical shape of double-stranded DNA molecules

• sphere

• double helix

• double straight

RNA is a ______ molecule.

• double-sided

• helix

• single-sided