DNA Quiz

__________________ is a change in the nucleotide base sequence of DNA.

• switch

• eraser

• creation

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• ribosome

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

What will the matching sequence be on a strand that reads AAGCTAT?

• AACGATA

• TTCGTTA

• CCTGATA

• TTCGATA

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, protein

The four bases of DNA are

• Thymine, Adenine, Cortisol, and Medinine

• Thymine, Guanine, Adenine, and Cytosine

• Cytosine, Adenine, Medinine, and Thymine

• Adenine, Guanine, Cortisol, and Medinine

Adenine is always paired with _______________________.

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Guanine

• It doesn't match with anything

If one side of DNA is TTAACCGG what would the complementary strand look like?

• AAGGCCGG

• TTAACCGG

• AAGGCCGG

• AATTGGCC

The sides of DNA contain

• Sugar and phosphate

• Sugar and base pairs

• Phosphate and base pairs

• DNA does not have any sides

The shape of DNA looks like a twisted ladder, known as

• helicase

• a double helix

• a triple helix