WorksheetsDNA Scientists
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Built models to determine that DNA was a double helix shape with base pairs A-T and G-C in rungs between the sugar/phosphate backbone of DNA.
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Wilkins
Pauling
Chargaff
Worked on DNA imaging techniques and published Franklin's x-ray crystallography image of DNA
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Wilkins
Pauling
Chargaff
Provided clear x-ray crystallography images of DNA
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Wilkins
Pauling
Chargaff
One of the first scientists to use x-ray crystallography to observe DNA, hypothesized that there was a helix shape
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Wilkins
Pauling
Chargaff
Discovered that there was the same amount of A and T in a cell, and C and G in a cell.
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Wilkins
Pauling
Chargaff
Using x-ray diffraction to determine the structure of a crystal, such as DNA
x-ray crystallography
gas chromatography
chromatography
gel electrophoresis
A pair of parallel strands that twist together about an axis
nucleotide
double helix
base pair
esther bonds
basic structural unit of DNA. Examples: adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine
nucleotide
phosphate
ribose sugar
enzyme
5 carbon sugars and phosphates linked together through chemical bonds to provide the structural framework for nucleotides
chromosome
nucleotide
phosphate-sugar backbone
enzyme
Base pairs (correctly matched)
A-G and C-T
A-C and G-T
A-T and G-C
C-A and T-G
made up of a long strand of DNA that is bonded to proteins in a way that makes them condense/fold to form chromosomes
genetics
chromosome
proteins
DNA
a piece of a chromosome that is composed of specific nucleotide sequences of DNA
chromatid
nucleotide
gene
circular DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid: the molecule that contains the basic instructions for life.
gene
chromosome
DNA
nucleotide
REVIEW: when cells take in oxygen and glucose and convert them into water, carbon dioxide, and ATP energy
DNA synthesis
cellular respiration
breathing
photosynthesis
REVIEW: The property of water that allows for plants to carry water from the soil, through roots and stems, to leaves
pH (neutral, acidic, basic)
hydrogen bonding (adhesion, cohesion)
polarity (soluble, insoluble)
temperature (high heat capacity, solid water's density)
