LE: DNA Intro and Vocab Review

DNA is the code for ___ life.

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What molecules are in nucleotides?

• Phosphate group

• Protein

• Sugar

• lipid

• Nitrogenous base

Thymine will bond with...

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Uracil

Guanine will bond with...

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Uracil

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

What does DNA stand for?

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

DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil