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DNA VOCABULARY SCIENCE 7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a coiled structure of DNA and protein that froms in the cell nucleus.

a)

ribosome

b)

mitochondria

c)

chromosome

d)

daughter cell

2.

This is one of the 4 nitrogen bases that always pairs with cytosine

a)

guanine

b)

adenine

c)

thymine

d)

phosphate

3.

This scientist took xrays of DNA and is known for photo 51

a)

James Watson

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

James Watson

d)

Charles Darwin

4.

The outside of DNA is composed of...

a)

sugar and spice

b)

adenine and thymine

c)

cystosine and guanine

d)

sugar and phosphate

5.

This is short for deoxyribonucleic acid

a)

NBC

b)

DNA

c)

CAT

d)

PAMS

6.

This is part of the outside of DNA. It is where the nitrogen bases attach or "stick"

a)

phosphates

b)

sugars

c)

hydrogen bonds

d)

twisted ladder

7.

A segment of DNA that carries hereditary instructional information and passes traits from parent to offspring

a)

Jean

b)

Gene

c)

chromosome

d)

chromatid

8.

One of the 4 nitrogen bases. It pairs with guanine

a)

adenine

b)

thymine

c)

cytosine

d)

sugar

9.

One of the 4 nitrogen bases that only pairs with thymine

a)

adenine

b)

cytosine

c)

guanine

d)

phosphate

10.

The two scientists that won a Nobel Prize in 1962 for the structure of DNA

a)

Watson and Holmes

b)

Watson and Crick

c)

Frankin and Crick

d)

Watson and Franklin

11.

The organelle where proteins are made.

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochindria

c)

ER

d)

ribosomes

12.

This occurs when there is a change inthe order of the bases in organism's DNA.

a)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

b)

trait

c)

gene

d)

mutation

13.

A type of cell division that produces sex cells.

a)

Metaphase

b)

Meiosis

c)

Mitosis

d)

Mutation

14.

Cell Division. When one cell creates 2 identical daughter cells.

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Metaphase

d)

Centriole

15.

DNA looks like... (2 answers)

a)

a taco

b)

a table

c)

a double helix

d)

a twisted ladder