S1 - DNA (bio block 2)

DNA is stored in the _______ in cells

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• Denatured Natural Acid
• Do Not Accept
• I Don't Know

What is the shape of a DNA?

• Double Helix
• Base Pairing
• The shape of you
• Hydrogen Bonding

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of

• DNA structure
• DNA bases
• DNA double helix
• Paired bases

Have a go at drawing a DNA molecule- try to show its 'double helix' structure

What significant scientific discovery did Francis Crick and James Watson announce at The Eagle pub in Cambridge on 28 February 1953?

• The structure of DNA

• The cure for cancer

• The theory of relativity

• The structure of proteins

What did we learn from Rosalind Franklin's X-ray diffraction image, known as Photograph 51, about the structure of DNA?

DNA was discovered in 1869, but it took until ___ before scientists realized it was the genetic material in cells.

Who shared the Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and James Watson for their work on the structure of DNA?

• Maurice Wilkins

• Rosalind Franklin

• Linus Pauling

• Erwin Chargaff

What does DNA do?

• It carries genetic codes from parents to offspring.

• It carries oxygen from the lungs to the body.

• It tells you who you are

• It defines the organism.

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