Chapter 12 Genetics Honors Test

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

• polysaccharides

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

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

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

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds
• ionic bonds
• covalent bonds
• hydrogen bonds

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase

• replicase

• polymerase

• synthase

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,

• each one with two original strands

• each one with two new strands

• each one with one new strand and one original strand

• one with two new strands and the other with two original strands

order of replication

• 3, 2, 1, 4
• 2, 1, 4, 3
• 2, 3, 1, 4
• 3, 4, 1, 2

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription