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DNA Structure and History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DNA stands for

a)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

b)

Ribonucleic acid

c)

Hydrofluoric acid

d)

Lysergic acid

2.

What is the shape of DNA?

a)

three oligonucleotides wind around each other and form a triple helix

b)

Two strands coiled called in a double helix

c)

a spiral on a conic surface, with the distance to the apex an exponential function of the angle indicating direction from the axis.

d)

a curve in three-dimensional space.

3.

Who established the structure of DNA?

a)

Crick

b)

Chargaff

c)

Watson

d)

Altmann

4.

Adenine always pairs with

a)

Uracil

b)

Guanine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Thymine

5.

The sides of the DNA ladder are

a)

hydrogen

b)

deoxyribose

c)

phosphate

d)

purine

6.

Guanine always pairs with

a)

Urical

b)

Cytosine

c)

Adenine

d)

Thymine

7.

What is the complementary sequence:

C A T T A G

a)

G T A C U G

b)

G T A A T C

c)

G T C C T A

d)

T G C C G T

8.

The two sides of DNA are held together by _______ bonds.

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Treasury

c)

Covalent

d)

Phosphate

9.

DNA is composed of repeating sub-units called

a)

phosphate group

b)

nucleotides

c)

nitrogenous base

d)

5-carbon sugar

10.

What are the 4 bases that make up the rungs of the DNA ladder?

a)

adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine

b)

xanthine, cafeine, cytarabine, gemcitabine,

c)

hypoxanthine, theobromine, fluorouracil, paclitaxel

d)

adenine, guanine, cytosine, urical