DNA Structure POGIL Quiz

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

• Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• Adenine, thymine, guanine

• Cytosine, deoxyribose sugar, phosphate

• Nitrogen base, guanine, cytosine

The kind of sugar found in a nucleotide is (a)   .

• Deoxyribose sugar
• Fructose
• Glucose
• Sucrose

Which nucleotide component contains nitrogen?

• Phosphate

• Deoxyribose sugar

• Nitrogen base

• Adenine

Name the four nitrogen bases shown in Model 1.

• Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine

• Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base, hydrogen bond

• Ladder model, helicase, hydrogen bond, semi-conservative replication

• Nitrogen-containing base, ladder model, helix model, hydrogen bond

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What part(s) of the nucleotides make up the rungs of the “ladder”?

• Deoxyribose sugar

• Phosphate

• Nitrogen base

• Adenine

Are the rungs of the “ladder” parallel or antiparallel?

• Parallel

• Antiparallel

• Adenine

• Thymine

When one nucleotide contains adenine, what type of base is the adenine attached to on the opposite nucleotide strand?

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

(a)   hydrogen bonds connect the two bases when one nucleotide contains adenine.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

(a)   hydrogen bonds connect the two bases when one nucleotide contains cytosine.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What is the rule for how the bases are arranged in the ladder model of DNA?

• Adenine pairs with thymine, guanine pairs with cytosine

• Adenine pairs with guanine, thymine pairs with cytosine

• Adenine pairs with cytosine, guanine pairs with thymine

• Adenine pairs with thymine, guanine pairs with uracil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1