Quiz on DNA Discovery

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Double Nucleotide Acid

• Double Noodle Arms

• Deoxyribose Atomic Structure

Which scientists are most famous for discovering DNA’s structure?

• Steven Hawking and Isaac Netwon

• James Watson and Rosalind Franklin

• James Watson and Francis Crick

• Watson, Crick, and Albert Einstein

What was the biggest mystery about DNA in the early 1950s?

• What it tasted like

• What its structure looked like

• How many genes were in each cell

• Whether it was a liquid or a solid

What was the mystery about DNA’s structure that scientists were trying to solve?

Can you draw the structure of DNA?

What technology did Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin use to study DNA?

• Microscopes

• X-ray technology

• Computers

• Magnets

Why did Watson transfer to the Cavendish Laboratory in England?

• He wanted to work with Albert Einstein

• He wanted to learn more about X-ray technology

• He was asked to study bacteria there

• He was interested in chemistry instead of biology

What was Francis Crick’s background in science?

• He was a doctor studying diseases

• He was a chemist studying atoms

• He had a physics degree but also studied biology

• He once looked at a plant and was like 'wow, a plant'

What did Watson and Crick do with the X-ray images from Rosalind Franklin’s research?

• They ignored them

• They used them to build their DNA model

• They gave them back without looking

• They published them under Franklin’s name

What shape did Watson and Crick discover that DNA has?

• A straight line

• A triangle

• A double helix

• A cube