Genetics Unit Review

What macromolecule is DNA?

• Nucleic Acid

• Nucleotide

• Fatty Acid

• Carbohydrate

What is the monomer of DNA?

• Nucleic Acid

• Nucleotide

• Fatty Acid

• Amino Acid

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

• 5-carbon sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base

• 5-carbon sugar, phosphorous, nitrogen

• sugar, adenine, guanine

• uracil, thymine, cytosine

Nitrogen bases are held together by weak _____________ bonds.

• hydrogen

• covalent

• ionic

• metallic

Nucleotides are held together by strong _________ bonds.

• hydrogen

• covalent

• ionic

• metallic

What is a gene?

• a section of a chromosome that codes for a protein

• condensed DNA

• pants

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a chromosome?

• section of a chromosome that codes for a protein

• condensed DNA with many genes on them

• squiggly lines

Where does DNA Replication take place?

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochrondria

When does DNA Replication take place?

• S phase of Interphase

• Prophase

• G1 phase of Interphase

• G2 phase of Interphase

What is the end result of replication?

• 2 Identical DNA strands

• 2 new DNA strands

• RNA strands