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DNA Replication

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientist(s) developed the model of DNA we study today?

a)

Edward Chargaff

b)

Fred Griffith

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey

2.

What term is used to describe the shape of DNA?

a)

double helix

b)

single strand

c)

ribose

d)

twisty rope

3.

What sugar is found in DNA?

a)

ribose

b)

deoxyribose

c)

phosphate

d)

sucrose

4.

Which nitrogenous base pairs with Adenine in DNA?

a)

Cytosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Thymine

d)

Adenine

5.

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

a)

sugar, phosphate and nitrogenous base

b)

sugar, nitrogen, and glucose

c)

phosphate, nitrogenous base, uracil

d)

adenine, thymine, guanine

6.

In DNA, Cytosine pairs with Thymine

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?

a)

ionic bond

b)

covalent bond

c)

peptide bond

d)

hydrogen bond

8.

What molecule carries the genetics information from the nucleus out to the ribosomes for protein synthesis?

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

DNA

9.

Where is the code for making proteins founds?

a)

DNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

cytoplasm

10.

The anticodon is the opposite of the codon.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What nitrogenous base pairs with Adenine in RNA?

a)

Thymine

b)

Guanine

c)

Uracil

d)

Cytosine

12.

What is the anticodon sequence to AGC? (Remember RNA!)

a)

TCG

b)

UCG

c)

CTU

d)

AGU