DNA Structure

DNA is an acronym for _____

• Diphosphorus Nucleic Acid

• Ribose Nucleic Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acetate

A nucleotide is composed of

• A phosphate, sugar and nitrogenous base

• A protein, protein and Guanine

• A phosphate, Adenine, and nitrogenous base

• A protein, Adenine and nitrogenous base

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which of the following is a base pair?

• Adenine - Cytosine

• Cytosine - Thymine

• Deoxyribose - Cytosine

• Cytosine - Guanine

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.) 

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

What is a gene?

• A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into
• something inside the nucleus
• a piece of DNA
• all of your DNA