Watson and Crick

What are the four bases that make up the genetic code in DNA?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine

• phosphates, sugar, base

• nitrogen, deoxyribose, base

• deoxyribose, nucleotide, base

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What actually makes up the genetic code?

• the order of the bases

• the order of the phosphates

• the order of the sugars

• the order of the phoenix

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A nucleotide is made of three parts which are:

• phosphate, sugar, and base

• base, ribose, nitrogen

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen

• sugar phosphate backbone

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In DNA, thymine pairs with

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

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In DNA, guanine pairs with

• cytosine

• guanine

• adenine

• thymine

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These are the subunits of DNA; many of them bonded together makes up a DNA molecule

• nucleotide

• phsophate

• sugar

• base

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What do scientists call the twisted zipper shape of DNA?

• double helix

• sphere

• helix

• double sphere

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What is the primary scientific contribution of Watson and Crick?

• Discovery of the structure of DNA

• Development of the theory of relativity

• Invention of the microscope

• Discovery of penicillin

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Which scientific model did Watson and Crick propose?

• Bohr model

• Double helix model

• Quantum model

• Geocentric model

In which year did Watson and Crick publish their model of DNA?

• 1953

• 1963

• 1943

• 1973