Worksheets2.1 - Discovery of DNA - Experiments
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The scientists who created an accurate model of the DNA double helix and won a Nobel Prize for this discovery
a)
Watson & Crick
b)
Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
c)
Wilkins & Crick
d)
Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin
2.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
3.
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
4.
Who discovered that bacteria could be changed by the process of transformation?
a)
Griffith
b)
Hershey & Chase
c)
Avery
d)
Franklin
5.
Who discovered that genes were composed of DNA?
a)
Oswald Avery
b)
Frederick Griffith
c)
Hershey & Chase
d)
Erwin Chargaff
6.
Who discovered that the genetic material in a bacteriophage was DNA?
a)
Hershey & Chase
b)
Griffith
c)
Avery
d)
Watson & Crick
7.
Who discovered that A = T and C = G?
a)
Chargaff
b)
Franklin
c)
Watson & Crick
d)
Griffith
8.
Who developed the double-helix model of DNA?
a)
Watson & Crick
b)
Avery
c)
Hershey & Chase
d)
Franklin
9.
Which of the following scientists used R & S type Bacteria
a)
Avery
b)
Hershey & Chase
c)
Griffith
10.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
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