DNA Structure and Function Quiz

What does DNA stand for?

• Ribose nucleotide

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Ribonucleic acid

• Deoxyribose nucleotide

What is DNA's role, or job?

• Storing genetic information

• Producing proteins

• Regulating cell functions

• Transporting oxygen

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Name 3 scientists who were instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA?

• Darwin, Mendel, Mendeleev

• Einstein, Newton, Galileo

• Watson, Crick, Franklin

• Curie, Pasteur, Fleming

What type of Structure does DNA have?

• Triple helix

• Single strand

• Double helix

• Spiral

What is a Nucleotide?

• Energy molecule

• Cell organelle

• Type of protein

• Building block of DNA

What are the 3 parts of a Nucleotide?

• Carbohydrate, protein, base

• Phosphate, sugar, base

• Amino acid, sugar, base

• Lipid, sugar, base

What Nucleotides are found in DNA?

• Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Adenosine

• Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

• Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine

• Adenine, Thymine, Guanosine, Cytosine

What does Complementary Base Pairing mean?

• Specific pairing of A with T, and G with C

• Pairing of A with C, and T with G

• Random pairing of nucleotides

• Pairing of A with G, and T with C

How do the nucleotides in DNA pair up?

• A with G, T with C

• A with T, G with C

• A with C, G with T

• A with U, G with C

If this is one side of a DNA molecule: AGCGCCTTATGGCATT- What is the other side?

• TCGCGGAATACCGTAA

• TCGCGGAATACCGTAA

• TCGCGGAATACCGTAT

• TCGCGGAATACCGTAT