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History of DNA

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amount of A=T and G=C

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

2.

Came up with the term 'transforming principle'

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

3.

Won the Nobel Prize

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

4.

Was the first to say that DNA was the 'transforming principle'

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

5.

Compared S-bacteria extract with protein and saw that they had very little in common

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

6.

Created models of DNA

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

7.

Studied bacteriophages

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

8.

Used x-rays to take pictures of DNA

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

9.

Worked with pea plants

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

10.

(Secretly) took a look at Franklin's image of DNA

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

11.

Figured out the amount of A, T, G, and C that many different organisms have

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

12.

Created radioactive viruses to see what their genetic material was made of

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

13.

Known as the "Father of Genetics"

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

14.

Conducted research on bacteria that cause pneumonia

a)

Mendel

b)

Griffith

c)

Avery

d)

Hershey and Chase

15.

Did NOT win the Nobel Prize, though her work was stolen and used to win it!

a)

Chargaff

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Hershey and Chase

16.

The shape of DNA is a triple helix.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Alone, R-bacteria caused pneumonia.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Microscopic models were used to show DNA's structure to the world.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Chargaff did NOT understand what his own data meant.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Bacteria can steal genes from other bacteria.

a)

true

b)

false