DNA Structure and Cells

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this strand
ATG TGA CAG.

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it contains all an organisms genetic information

• because we eat it every day for energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

DNA codes for...

• cholesterol
• proteins
• fatty acids
• a sandwich

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

In the film GAATACA, People were being engineered (genes added or removed from their DNA) to be perfect or "valid," what was one way that this was BAD for society?

• It limited peoples opportunities in life based on their DNA.

• It allowed people to become astronauts.

• It gave people cancer.

• It worked 100% of the time to make people perfect.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

On page 87 you wrote about the promise and risk of biotechnology, what is the name of the technology that allows us to "edit" genes in DNA?

• FORENSICS

• SPLICE

• CRISPR

• GENES

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2