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WorksheetsDNA and Mutations
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
2.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
3.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
4.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
5.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
6.
Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?
a)
deoxyribose and adenine
b)
deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
c)
sugar and the nucleus
d)
deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate
7.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
8.
Replicate the following strand of DNA:
AATCATGGA
AATCATGGA
a)
AATCATGGA
b)
TTAGTACCT
c)
UUAGUACCU
d)
GGATAUCUA
9.
A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.
a)
Replication
b)
Translation
c)
Transcription
10.
The drawing shows the structure of what molecule?
a)
A DNA molecule
b)
A lipid molecule
c)
A carbohydrate molecule
d)
A protein molecule
11.
Any change in the sequence of DNA is...
a)
transgenic shift
b)
Single Genotype
c)
Monohybrid Trait
d)
Mutation
12.
What do helpful mutations do?
a)
Increases chances of survival
b)
Decreases changes of survival
c)
Increases chances of developing cancer
d)
Decreases skills
13.
What causes mutations?
a)
Mistakes in replication or environmental substances
b)
The amino acids
c)
Passed down by genetics
d)
It's how your born
14.
Mutations can happen randomly at any time.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What are the building blocks of proteins call?
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Amino Acids
16.
Mutations can be...
a)
Harmful
b)
Beneficial
c)
Neutral
d)
All of the Above
17.
Mutations are...
a)
Changes in the sequence of DNA
b)
Broken chromosomes
c)
Bad genes
18.
What do mutations change?
a)
DNA
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Genes
19.
A mutation is any change in the _________ of a gene or chromosome.
a)
DNA
b)
mRNA
c)
rRNA
20.
What sugar is in DNA?
a)
deoxyribose
b)
ribose
c)
oxyribose
d)
deoxyose
21.
Any change in the DNA is called a/an
a)
mistake
b)
exon
c)
mutation
d)
intron
22.
full form of DNA is
a)
Dinucleotide acid
b)
deoxyribonucleic acid
c)
dinucleic acid
d)
dinucleic cell
23.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
24.
Watson and Crick were the first to suggest that DNA is _____
a)
a short molecule
b)
the shape of a double helix
c)
a protein molecule
d)
the genetic material
25.
Who used x-rays to figure out the structure of DNA?
a)
Rosalind Franklin
b)
Oswald Avery
c)
A$AP Rocky
d)
Alfred Hershey
26.
What has DNA?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
bacteria
d)
all of the above
27.
Traits that are passed from generation to generation are called ____________________
a)
Excited Traits
b)
Inherited Traits
c)
Inclined Traits
d)
Special Traits
28.
In DNA, Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
29.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
30.
Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?
a)
deoxyribose and adenine
b)
deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
c)
sugar and the nucleus
d)
deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate
31.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
b)
Denitrogenous acid
c)
Deribonucleic acid
d)
Diribonucleic acid
32.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
33.
When is Daylight Savings Time begin?
a)
Tomorrow
b)
Saturday
c)
Sunday
d)
Monday
34.
When do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
a)
March 17
b)
April 1
c)
March 26
d)
On the first day of spring
35.
Where can you find your assignments posted?
a)
on the board
b)
Powerschool
c)
Schoology
d)
from a friend
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