DNA Structure Quiz

Which of the following is not a trait genes must be capable of doing?

• Genes must carry information from one generation to the next
• Genes must be able to put the information that they carry to work to produce the traits of the organism
• There must be a mechanism of easily copying the gene.
• All of the Above
• None of the above

The small units that makes up DNA is called?

• Phosphate
• Nucleotide
• Cells

What is the sugar that is found in DNA?

• deoxyribose
• ribose
• sucrose

Uracil is a base that is found in DNA.

• True
• False

Which scientist discovered that A=T and C=G?

• Rosalind Franklin
• James Watson
• Erwin Chargaff

Which scientist used X-ray diffraction to provide clues about the structure of DNA?

• Maurice Wilkins
• Francis Crick
• Rosalind Franklin

The backbone of the ladder are made up of alternating...?

• Sugar and nitrogen bases
• Adenine and Thymine
• Sugar and phosphate

How many hydrogen bonds are between Guanine and Cytosine?

• 3 hydrogen bonds
• 2 hydrogen bonds
• 1 hydrogen bonds