Free Printable 1st Quiz: Genetic Material

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1st Quiz: Genetic Material

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the function of the nucleus?

Makes proteins for the cell

Produces energy for the cell

Control center of the cell

Regulates what enters and exits the cell

What is found in the nucleus?

Chromosomes

DNA

Genes

All of the options

What are threadlike structures found in the nucleus?

Chromosomes

DNA

Genes

Alleles

What are chromosomes made of?

Ribosomes

DNA

Mitochondria

Chloroplasts

Which statement describes what DNA is?

A ladder shape

A threadlike material

A single gene in a gene pair

Instructions for the organism

What are genes?

A section of DNA

A pair of chromosomes

The control center of a cell

What is the code for a specific trait?

A chromosome

An allele

A gene

DNA

How many alleles are found in a gene?

How many chromosomes exist in each of your body cells?

10.

What is the relationship between DNA and chromosomes?

Chromosomes are made of DNA

DNA is made of chromosomes

DNA and chromosomes are the same thing.

All of the above are correct

11.

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

Glycerol

Monosaccharides

Amino Acids

Nucleotides

12.

What is the function of nucleic acids?

Stores energy

Stores genetic information

Movement

Physical structure

13.

What are the components of a nucleotide?

nitrogenous base, phosphate group, and deoxyribose sugar

deoxyribose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine

nitrogenous base and a phosphate group

DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide

14.

Which monomer of which macromolecule is shown?

lipid

protein

nucleic acid

carbohydrate

15.

What is the shape of DNA?

Double Hyperbola

Paraolic

Double Helix

Linear

16.

Which base is ONLY found in DNA?

Cytosine

Guanine

Uracil

Adenine

17.

The two strands making up the DNA double helix molecule

contain ribose and deoxyribose in opposite strands.

are held together by hydrogen bonds.

are attached through a phosphate to hold the strands together.

contain uracil but not thymine.

18.

DNA and RNA are composed of several nucleotide monomers bonded together. Where does this bond occur between two nucleotides?

Between the sugar and the phosphate

Between adjacent nitrogenous bases

Between the sugar and the neighboring nitrogenous base

Between the phosphate and the neighboring nitrogenous base

19.

Identify the structure in the illustrations

Eukaryotic Cell

Nucleus

Chromosome

DNA

Gene

20.