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DNA Review & Fun Facts

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Biology, DNA stands for

a)

Don't Need Aspirin

b)

Do Not Answer

c)

Ribonucleic Acid

d)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

2.

The Shape of DNA is a

a)

Helix

b)

Double Helix

c)

Hairpin

d)

Circle

3.

What are the nucleotides for DNA?

a)

Guanine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Adenine

d)

Thymine

e)

Uracil

4.

What are the two steps of protein synthesis?

a)

Replication

b)

Metabolism

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

5.

Why can't the COVID mRNA vaccine change your DNA?

a)

It never enters the nucleus

b)

It does not have the special proteins needed to change RNA to DNA (very rare!)

c)

It is not made from the same nucleotides as our mRNA

6.

A genome is

a)

one gene in a strand of DNA

b)

all the DNA in all the cells of an individual

c)

the complete set of genetic instructions of an organism

d)

a cell with DNA

7.

How many base pairs are in the human genome?

a)

3 billion

b)

3 million

c)

23

d)

4

8.

True or False: Each cell has a complete set of DNA (with a few exceptions)

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

About how many cells is the human body is made of?

a)

30 thousand

b)

30 million

c)

30 billion

d)

30 trillion

10.

One strand of human DNA stretch out is about how long?

a)

6 inches

b)

2 feet

c)

6 feet

d)

10 feet