DNA Vocab Practice

What is the shape of DNA?

• Circle

• Square

• Double helix

• Triangle

What is the word ending for enzymes?

• -ase

• -ose

• -ine

• -ate

What is the enzyme that unwinds the double helix?

• Polymerase

• Ligase

• Helicase

• Nuclease

What is the function of polymerase?

• Adds complementary bases

• Unwinds DNA

• Synthesizes proteins

• Breaks down sugars

What is a replication fork?

• A tool for eating

• Where DNA is being unwound for replication

• A type of enzyme

• A segment of RNA

What is a nucleotide made of?

• Sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base

• Protein, lipid, carbohydrate

• Water, salt, sugar

• Enzyme, DNA, RNA

What is the leading strand?

• Synthesized in fragments

• Synthesized continuously

• Made of proteins

• Made of lipids

What is the lagging strand?

• Synthesized continuously

• Synthesized in fragments

• Made of RNA

• Made of lipids

What is Chargaff's Rule?

• A=T and C=G

• A=G and C=T

• A=C and G=T

• A=U and C=G

What is a gene?

• A type of enzyme

• A segment of DNA coding for a trait

• A sugar molecule

• A lipid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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