SC10 BIO-Q1:DNA & Chromosomes

The twisted ladder shape of DNA is referred to as a ....

• Twizzler candy
• twisted ladder
• double helix
• yo-yo

• rungs of ladder

Which of the following statements about chromosomes is correct?

• Chromosomes are long, thread-like structures

• Chromosomes are found in the nucleus of all cells in the human body

• Chromosomes contain DNA

• All of the above

From smallest to largest how would genetic information be organized?

• genes, cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA

• chromosome, cell, gene, DNA, nucleus

• DNA, gene, chromosome, nucleus, cell

• nucleus, cell, gene, DNA, chromosome

DNA stands for d_______________ ___d (spell every letter from the beginning including the 'space'!)

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

What are the parts of a nucleotide?

• phosphate, sugar, base

• A, T, G, C

• Nucleic Acids

• two base pairs connected

What do genes do?

• make / code for proteins

• store energy

• create bases

• create DNAs

• make chromosomes

Label the picture in order (from left to right):

• phosphate ; sugar ; base

• phosphate ; base ; sugar

• base ; sugar ; phosphate

• base ; phosphate ; sugar

• sugar; phosphate; base

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