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Quiz 1 - DNA Replication

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 3hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the purpose of DNA replication?
a)
Cut the DNA 
b)
Make more cells
c)
Apoptosis
d)
Duplicate the DNA
2.

In DNA replication, a new DNA has 1 parent strand and 1 new strand? Therefore, DNA replication is considered as ________.

a)

Conservative

b)

Semiconservative

c)

Dispersive

3.
What is the backbone of DNA made of?
a)
Nitrogen bases
b)
Amino acids
c)
Double H
d)
Sugar & Phosphate
4.
Why is it crucial that living things are able to replicate their DNA?
a)
Each cell must have its own DNA
b)
Less copies of DNA are needed when a new cell is created
c)
A cell needs multiple copies of DNA
d)
Only muscle cells need DNA 
5.

This term refers to the separation of the two single strands of DNA that creates a ‘Y’ shape.

a)

enzyme

b)

unzip

c)

A replication fork

6.

What is the enzyme that helps helicase unzip DNA by relieving supercoiling?

a)

Topoisomerase

b)

Exonuclease

c)

DNA Primase

d)

DNA Polymerase

7.

In what direction does the leading strand run?

a)

3' ----> 5'

b)

5' -----> 3'

c)

It doesn't matter

d)

Both directions

8.

Each DNA molecule created contains one NEW strand and one OLD strand.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Okazaki fragments are found on the _______________ strand.

a)

Leading

b)

Lagging

10.
This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.
a)
anti-parallel
b)
deoxyribosic
c)
helical
d)
radioactive
11.

A DNA nucleotide contains all of the following, except ______.

a)

Deoxyribose

b)

Phosphate group

c)

Nitrogenous base

d)

Cholesterol

12.
What is the shape of DNA?
a)
Double helix
b)
Triple helix
c)
Flat, bilayer
d)
Three-pronged rigid ladder
13.
Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
fatty acids
d)
polysaccharides
14.

Sometimes, DNA is called "semi-conservative." Why might this be?

a)

The old strand is "conserved" and used to make the new strands.

b)

Uracil is "conserved" in that it is only used to make the new strand.

c)

ATP is "conserved" via the usage of facilitated diffusion.

d)

Ligase is "conserved" in that it is denatured by the process.

15.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
16.

What determines the code or information of a DNA molecule?

a)

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

b)

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

c)

the color of the nitrogen bases

d)

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

17.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
18.
Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?
a)
polar bonds
b)
ionic bonds
c)
covalent bonds
d)
hydrogen bonds
19.

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself is called ______.

a)

Replication

b)

Translation

c)

Transcription

20.
In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?
a)
G1
b)
S
c)
G2
d)
M
21.

Which is another word for an organism?

a)

abiotic factor

b)

biotic factor

c)

nonliving thing

22.

A group of similar cells that come together to perform a specific function is a/an ______.

a)

organ

b)

organism

c)

organ system

d)

tissue

23.

Anything that can perform life processes by itself is a/an _____.

a)

cell

b)

organ

c)

organism

d)

organ system

24.

When a group of organs work together to perform a particular function they create a/an ______.

a)

organ system

b)

organism

c)

tissue

d)

organ

25.
Which is an example of an organism?
a)
a beetle
b)
a lake
c)
a rock
d)
a shell
26.

The smallest level of organization of life in an organism is called ______.

a)

tissue

b)

cell

c)

organ

d)

organ system

27.
The heart contains different types of tissue. What level is the heart?
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
28.

This is an example of a/an ______.

a)

organ system

b)

cells

c)

organ

d)

tissue

29.

The diploid number of human chromosomes is _______.

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

30.

An organism’s genotype is its _______.

a)

stem height

b)

feather color

c)

genetic makeup

d)

physical appearance

31.
What is the human genome?
a)
a piece of DNA
b)
a chromosome
c)
all of your cells
d)
all of your DNA
32.

Replicate the following strand of DNA:

A A T C A T G G A

a)

A A T C A T G G A

b)

T T A G T A C C T

c)

U U A G U A C C U

d)

G G A T A U C U A

33.

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of _________.

a)

cytosine

b)

guanine

c)

thymine

d)

uracil

34.

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)

It is because we eat it every day for energy.

35.

What is the correct complementary strand for the following DNA? A T C G A G

a)

T A C G A G

b)

A T C G A G

c)

T A G C T G

d)

T A G C T C

36.
Why might a forensic scientist swab blood at a crime scene?
a)
to see if it's really blood and not some other red substance
b)
to analyze the blood's DNA to find out whose blood it is
c)
to add to their red mystery liquid collection
d)
Both the orange & red boxes are correct.
37.
DNA replication turns one strand of DNA into two new strands of DNA. What percent of each new strand is the old strand?
a)
Half of each new DNA is the old DNA
b)
The old strand of DNA was digested, so none
c)
The new DNA is entirely made up of the old DNA
d)
About every sixth base comes from the old DNA