DNA Structure Quiz

What does DNA determine?

• traits of living things

• traits of nonliving things

• organization of living things

• Did Not Attempt

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Adenine always pairs with...

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

• adenine

Cytosine always pairs with...

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

• adenine

What is the shape of DNA?

• double helix

• single helix

• squiggle

• twisty step looking thing

What are the nucleotides made of?

• Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
• Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
• Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
• Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine

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

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose and adenine
• deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
• sugar and the nucleus
• deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate

Rosalind Franklin's "photo 51" was critical in helping Watson and Crick to discover what?

• The double helix structure of DNA
• X-Ray crystalography was a technology worth looking in to. 
• That stealing is a great way to get ahead in life
• That there could possibly be life on other planets. 

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DNA acts like a(n )__________________ for our traits.

• instruction manual

• nucleus

• cell

• gene

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