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Molecular Genetics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which nitrogenous base CAN'T be found in DNA?

a)

Adenine

b)

Guanine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

2.

The process by which DNA makes an exact copy of itself prior to cell division is called ________________.

a)

Deletion

b)

Replication

c)

Translation

d)

Transcription

3.

Which is NOT a characteristic of DNA?

a)

has uracil

b)

has deoxyribose

c)

double stranded

d)

made up of nucleotides

4.

Chromosomes are made of protein and what other molecules?

a)

ATP

b)

DNA

c)

H2O

d)

carbon dioxide

5.

Chromosomes are found inside the _______________ of the cell.

a)

membrane

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleus

d)

ribosome

6.

How many pairs of chromosomes are in human beings?

a)

23

b)

24

c)

32

d)

43

7.

In DNA, thymine is complementary to _____________________.

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Guanine

d)

Uracil

8.

In DNA, Cytosine is complementary to _________________.

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Guanine

d)

Uracil

9.

In a strand of DNA, if the percentage of thymine is 30% what would be the percentage of cytosine in the same DNA strand?

a)

30%

b)

40%

c)

20%

d)

50%

10.

Which nitrogenous base cannot be found in DNA?

a)

Guanine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Adenine

d)

Uracil

11.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

Double Nitrogen Argon

b)

dioxide nickel acid

c)

deoxyribonucleic acid

d)

none of these

12.

How many types of nucleotides are there in DNA?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

13.

Three letters of DNA nucleotides make up a word called a _____.

a)

cell

b)

chromosome

c)

codon

d)

nucleus

14.

The structure of a DNA molecule is described as ___________

a)

Octahedral

b)

Covalent

c)

double helix

d)

ladder

15.

Which of the following is NOT a part of a chromosome?

a)

Centromere

b)

Kinetochore

c)

Sister chromatids

d)

telomere