DNA Discovery and Structure (ch12a)

The scientists who created an accurate model of the DNA double helix and won a Nobel Prize for this discovery

• Watson & Crick
• Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
• Wilkins & Crick
• Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds
• ionic bonds
• triple bonds

• hydrogen bonds

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein

What does DNA stand for?

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

What process did Griffith discover using mice and altered forms of the pneumonia bacteria?

• transcription of proteins

• mutation of DNA

• transformation of DNA

• translation of RNA

A bacteriaphage is a _______ that attacks bacteria.

• bacteria

• virus

• cell

• organism

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A