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DNA

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is DNA?

a)

• A microorganism

b)

• A molecule

c)

• A cell

2.

What is the genetics that is responsible for the study of DNA?

a)

• Mutagenesis

b)

• Molecular Genetic

c)

• Evolutionary genetics

3.

What is the smallest functional unit of DNA?

a)

• Gen

b)

• Chromosome

c)

• Codon

4.

Who were the two famous scientists who received the Nobel Prize for discovering the famous double helix structure of DNA?

a)

• Marie and Pierre Curie

b)

• Rick and Morty

c)

Watson and Crick

5.

Which scientist is credited with real merit for the discovery of DNA?

a)

• Aretha Franklin

b)

• Rosalind Franklin

c)

• Barbara McClintock

6.

what is the function of chromosomes?

a)

• Avoid mutations

b)

• Cut DNA into smaller sequences

c)

• Condense DNA at the time of cell reproduction

7.

How many chromosomes do we humans have?

a)

• 108 pairs

b)

• 5 pairs


c)

• 23 pairs

8.

What is the name of the set of genes of a certain species?

a)

• Genome

b)

• Genoteca

c)

• Adeeneteca

9.

What is the TRANSCRIPTION process?

a)

It is the process of building proteins

b)

It is the process of DNA duplication

c)

It is the process of RNA synthesis

10.

What are mutations?

a)

It is the process of DNA duplication

b)

It is the process of building proteins


c)

Refers to a change or alteration in genetic information.

11.

All cells, prokaryotic and eukaryotic, contain DNA in their cells.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The number of chromosomes changes in each species .

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The male sex chromosome is called XY

a)

True

b)

False

14.

When were scientists Watson and Crick awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

a)

1962

b)

1692

c)

1926