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DNA review quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are parts of a nucleotide except:

a)

Phosphate group

b)

sugar

c)

Hershey-Chase

d)

Nitrogen Base

2.

____________ holds the cell's information and is located in the nucleus.

a)

DNA

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Pathogens

d)

Bacteria

3.

Which of the following is a Nitrogen base?

a)

Adenosine

b)

Sugar

c)

Thymine

d)

Both Adenosine and Thymine

4.

The double coiled shape of DNA is called a ______________

a)

Double Helix

b)

Two parallel lines

c)

Straight ladder

d)

All of the answers choices

5.

Which of the following scientist(s) were credited for determining the structure of DNA?

a)

Avery-Macleod McCarty

b)

Watson and Crick

c)

Erwin Chargaff

d)

Rosalind Franklin

6.

A and G are examples of _____________ because they have two carbon rings.

a)

Phosphate groups

b)

Purines

c)

Phyrimidine

d)

None of the answers listed

7.

In a normal DNA structure, C bonds with what other nitrogen base?

a)

A

b)

G

c)

T

d)

Pyrimidines

8.

The bases T and C are considered ________________ because they have one carbon ring.

a)

Purines

b)

Pyrimidines

c)

Phosphate groups

d)

Adenosine

9.

In a Normal DNA structure A bonds with what?

a)

T

b)

C

c)

G

d)

it doesn't bond with any other nitrogen bases

10.

DNA replication occurs during what phase of the cell cycle?

a)

A phase

b)

S phase

c)

at the end of the cell cycle

d)

it doesn't occur in the cell cycle at all

11.

All of the following are included in the 3 steps of DNA replication except:

a)

Helicase enzyme unzips DNA structure

b)

Complementary bases are inserted through DNA polymerase

c)

Polymerase proof reads and fixes errors made

d)

The original DNA strand remains untouched

12.

DNA replication is known as _______________ because the replication strand consists of part new and part old strands

a)

Semi-conservative

b)

untouched

13.

Name the complementary strand for the following DNA strand: AACTGAT

a)

TTGACTA

b)

ATCGGAT

c)

TTCAGTA

d)

AAGTCAT