DNA Vocabulary

What is a complex molecule which contains the genetic information for a living thing (deoxyribonucleic acid)?

• mutagen

• mutation

• substitution

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the building block of DNA that's made of a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogen base?

• nucleotide

• nitrogen base

• double helix

• replication

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is a part of a nucleotide where Adenine pairs with Thymine and Guanine pairs with Cytosine?

• A. nucleotide

• B. nitrogen base

• C. double helix

• D. replication

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is a mutation where a base pair is replaced (switched) with an incorrect base pair?

• mutagen

• mutation

• substitution

• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A segment of DNA is shown in the diagram below.

What is the structure labeled "X" in this diagram?

• Nucleotide

• Phosphate group

• Hydrogen Bond

• Deoxyribose

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Label the picture in order:

• phosphate ; sugar ; base

• phosphate ; base ; sugar

• base ; sugar ; phosphate

• base ; phosphate ; sugar

Match the letter to the part.

a

b

c

d

e

Nitrogen Base

Deoxyribose Sugar

Hydrogen Bonds

Covalent Bond

Phosphate

Tags

112.42.c.7.A

What is a mutation where a base pair is added to a section of DNA?

• mutagen

• mutation

• substitution

• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is anything that causes a mutation?

• mutagen

• mutation

• substitution

• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the twisted ladder shape of DNA?

• nucleotide

• nitrogen base

• double helix

• replication