DNA

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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

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

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription

• Protein Synthesis

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

• the color of the nitrogen bases

• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The shape of the DNA molecule is a double __________________?

• S

• helix

• rope

• curve

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

Based on the diagram, the enzyme (represented in gray) is most likely...

• DNA polymerase

• DNA Ligase

• Nuclease

• Helicase

This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.

• anti-parallel

• deoxyribosic

• helical

• radioactive

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1