Exploring the Hershey-Chase Experiment and DNA Discovery

Exploring the Hershey-Chase Experiment and DNA Discovery

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS1-1, HS-LS3-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Emma Peterson

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.HS-LS1-1
,
NGSS.HS-LS3-1

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main question being debated by the scientific community in the 1940s and 50s?

The role of RNA in heredity

The function of proteins

The nature of the hereditary material

The structure of DNA

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the scientists that first suggested DNA might be the hereditary material in 1944?

Watson and Crick

Hershey and Chase

Avery, MacCleod, and McCarty

Franklin and Wilkins

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What organism did Hershey and Chase choose for their experiments?

E. coli

Fruit fly

Bacteriophage

Yeast

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two main components of a virus?

RNA and lipid

DNA and protein

DNA and lipid

RNA and protein

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What radioactive tags did Hershey and Chase use to label DNA and protein?

Radioactive iron and calcium

Radioactive hydrogen and oxygen

Radioactive sulfur and phosphorus

Radioactive carbon and nitrogen

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of using a Waring blender in the Hershey-Chase experiment?

To separate the bacteria from the viruses

To centrifuge the samples

To mix the radioactive tags

To label the DNA

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Hershey and Chase find when they labeled the protein with radioactive sulfur?

The radioactivity was found in the new viruses

The radioactivity was found outside the bacteria

The radioactivity was found inside the bacteria

The radioactivity was found in the bacterial DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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