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Genetics Test C. 1 Structure and Function

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first to isolate nucleic acids in the nuclei of cells and called this substance nuclein.

a)

Freidrich Miescher

b)

Marice Wilkins

c)

Pheobus Leven

d)

Albrecht Kossel

2.

Won the Nobel Prizze along with Watson and Crick.

a)

Freidrich Miescher

b)

Phoebus Leven

c)

Maurice Wilkins

d)

Fredrick Griffith

3.

Discovered that the Transforming Factor was DNA using enzymes that descroyed the various macromolecules.

a)

Maurice Wilkins

b)

Oswald Avery

c)

Pheobus Leven

d)

Albrecht Kossel

4.

Discovered that nucleic acids were made of 5 different subunits--A,T,C,G, & U

a)

Freidrich Miescher

b)

Fredrick Griffith

c)

Albrecht Kossel

d)

Oswald Avery

5.

Figured out that each nucleotide was composed of a sugar, base and a phosphate.

a)

Oswald Avery

b)

Pheobus Levene

c)

Maurice Wilkins

d)

Fredrick Griffith

6.

In 1928, Fred Griffith workded with bacteria and mice to contribute which of the following to genetics?

a)

Living bacteria can transform genes from other living bacteria.

b)

Dead bacteria reprduce using living cells.

c)

Living bacteria can transform genes from other dead bacteria.

d)

Bacteria reproduce using a host cell.

7.

Which of the following occurs in telophase?

a)

chromosomes relax

b)

chromosomes line up

c)

chromosmes move to opposite poles

d)

chromosomes condense

8.

Which of these will MOST likely happen if a change occurs in the sequence of bases in DNA?

a)

Messenger RNA will not be transcribed.

b)

An altered protein will be made.

c)

A gene will be deleted.

d)

The cell will die.

9.

Which of these has occurred by the end of prophase?

a)

Sister Chromatids are separated.

b)

The nuclear membrane has disappeared.

c)

The cell membrane has begun to pinch inward.

d)

The spindle is beginning to form.

10.

Which two of the following scientists discovered that each subunit of a nucleic acid was made from the components: sugar, phosphate, and base.

a)

Albrecht Kossel

b)

Fredrick Griffith

c)

Maurice Wilkins

d)

Phoebus Leven

11.

Why is it important for the chromosomes to condense during mitosis?

a)

to facilitate spindle formation

b)

to facilitate cytokinesis

c)

to facilitate DNA replication

d)

to facilitate chromosome movement

12.

How many forms of DNA may be found in a prokaryote?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

13.

DNA replication occurs during

a)

anaphase

b)

prophase

c)

metaphase

d)

interphase

14.

Which of the following proteins unzips the DNA molecule

a)

teloerase

b)

helicase

c)

tryptinase

d)

polymerase

15.

These scientists performed a famous blender experiment and used radioacitve phospherous and protein with radioactive sulfur.

a)

Hershey and Chase

b)

McCarty and Avery

c)

Griffith and Chase

d)

Chargaff and Franklin

16.

Which of the following were critical to the correct solution to the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick?

a)

Avery and MacLeod's experiment with streptococcus

b)

Fanklin's X-ray photographs

c)

Pauling's 3-D alpha Helix

d)

Hershey and Chase's location of specific elements

17.

The center of the chromosome is called a

a)

centromere

b)

centrosome

c)

chromatin

d)

centriole

18.

When DNA is uncoiled like spaghetti, it is called

a)

chromsomes

b)

chromatin

c)

centromere

d)

cytosine

19.

If a change occurs in a sequence of bases in DNA, which of these will MOST likely happen?

a)

The gene will be deleted.

b)

Messenger RNA will not be transcribed.

c)

An altered protein will be made.

d)

The cell will die.

20.

Demonstrated the "Transforming Principle" using smooth and rough strains of bacteria.

a)

Pheobus Levene

b)

Oswald Avery

c)

Albrecht Kossel

d)

Fredrick Griffith