Forensic Science Quiz

New technology incorporating_____ has replaced RFLP.

• PCR

• STR

• mtDNA

• CODIS

A _______ is composed of a sugar molecule, a phosphorus-containing group, and a base.

• amino acid

• protein

• chromosomes

• nucleotide

DNA _________is the synthesis of new DNA from existing DNA and begins with the unwinding of the DNA strands in the double helix.

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• cloning

The pairing of nucleotides A to G and C to T is known as

• mitochondrial DNA.

• complementary base pairing.

• polymerase chain reaction.

• tandem repeats.

The inheritable traits that are controlled by DNA arise out of its ability to direct the production of complex molecules called ________from smaller units called________.

• chromosomes; genes

• lipids; triglycerides

• proteins; nucleic acids

• proteins; amino acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

As the fundamental unit of heredity, genes instruct the body cells to make proteins that determine everything from hair color to susceptibility to disease.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

DNA replication is accomplished using a technique known as polymerase chain reaction.

• True

• False

DNA technology is useful in identification because no two humans, except for identical twins, have the same type of tandem repeats in a strand of DNA.

• True

• False

The latest, most successful and widely used DNA profiling procedure is the short tandem repeats.

• True

• False

Mitochondrial DNA is found outside the nucleus of the cell and is inherited solely from the mother.

• True

• False