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2.1 - 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