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7.L.16.1 DNA

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adenine (A) bonds with ______________.

(a)  

Choose from the below words

Guanine (G)

Thymine (T)

Cytosine (C)

Adenine (A)

2.

What shape is DNA?

a)

a circle

b)

a triangle

c)

a double helix

3.

What is a gene?

a)

A bundle that the DNA is packed into

b)

something inside the nucleus

c)

a section/piece of DNA or of a chromosome

d)

all of your DNA

4.

If we think of DNA as a ladder, which parts are the steps of the ladder?

a)

the nitrogen base pairs

b)

the phosphate-sugar backbone

c)

the genes

5.

What is the bracket referring to in the image?

a)

Chromosome

b)

Gene

c)

Nucleus

d)

Nitrogen Bases

6.
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
7.

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

(a)  

Choose from the below words

cell membrane

vacuole

chloroplast

nucleus
8.

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand:

ATG TGA CAG

(a)  

9.

Bundled up, organized DNA is called a

a)

gene

b)

trait

c)

chromosome

d)

nucleotide

10.

What do the letters "DNA" stand for?

a)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
b)
Denitrogenous acid
c)
Deribonucleic acid
d)
Diribonucleic acid
11.

Label the following terms: Cell, DNA, Chromosome, Nucleus, Gene

12.

If a strand of DNA is 20% C, what percentage will be T?