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DNA & Replication Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The base Adenine will always pair up with what on DNA?
a)
Guanine
b)
Cytosine
c)
Uracil
d)
Thymine
2.
DNA is often referred to as a 
a)
Double Helix
b)
Single Helix
c)
Double Sugar
d)
Single Sugar
3.
DNA is only found where in the cell?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Ribosome
c)
Nucleus
d)
Golgi Apparatus
4.
A sequence of DNA reads AGA, what is the complementary side that would match it.
a)
TCT
b)
ACT
c)
TGA
d)
ACA
5.
Cytosine will always pair up with 
a)
Uracil
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
6.
Making a copy of DNA is called
a)
Replication
b)
Transcription
c)
Translation
d)
Duplication
7.
After Replication, how many strands of DNA do we have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
True or False:   The new strand of DNA after Replication is different then the original. 
a)
True
b)
False
9.
If you have a strand of DNA that is CTG, what is the matching side? 
a)
CAC
b)
GCC
c)
GAC
d)
TAC
10.
The sugar that makes up DNA is called
a)
Deoxyribose
b)
Ribose
c)
Glucose
d)
Dextrose
11.

The enzyme _____ unzips the DNA strand during Replication

a)

Topoisomerase

b)

Polymerase

c)

Ligase

d)

Helicase

12.

The enzyme ________ adds on the free nucleotides to the leading strand during DNA Replication

a)

Topoisomerase

b)

Polymerase

c)

Helicase

d)

Ligase

13.

If you have a DNA strand TAT, what is the complementary strand?

a)

ATA

b)

TAT

c)

AAA

d)

TTT

14.

When does DNA Replication occur?

a)

G1

b)

G2

c)

S phase

d)

M phase

15.

The small fragments on the lagging strand are called?

a)

Topoisomerase fragments

b)

Polymerase fragments

c)

Okazaki fragments

d)

Lagging fragments

16.

Which scientist(s) established the double helix structure?

a)

James Watson & Francis Crick

b)

Rosalind Franklin & Alfred Hershey

c)

Martha Chase & James Watson

d)

Francis Crick & Alfred Hershey

17.

What does Chargaff's rule state?

a)

A pairs with T and C pairs with U

b)

A pairs with G and T pairs with C

c)

A pairs with T and C pairs with G

d)

A pairs with C and G pairs with U

18.

What type of bond holds the nitrogen bases together?

a)

covalent

b)

ionic

c)

hydrogen

19.

This image is of what?

a)

lipid

b)

nucleotide

c)

amino acid

d)

DNA

20.

What is the macromolecule that DNA belongs to?

a)

lipid

b)

protein

c)

carbohydrate

d)

nucleic acid

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