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WorksheetsDNA part 3
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The leading strand of a DNA molecule has the following sequence:
5’-CGCATGTAGCGA-3’
Which of the following sequences is complementary to the leading strand shown above?
5’-GCGTACATCGCT-3’
3’-GCGTACATCGCT-5’
3’-GACTACATCGCT-5’
3’-GCGTACCTGCT-5’
Adenine always pairs with:
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Ribose
The DNA molecule is held together by:
magnetism
glucose
glue
hydrogen bonds
The process by which DNA makes a copy of itself is called:
transcription
translation
replication
synthesis
RNA differs from DNA in that:
it has a different kind of sugar
it is single stranded
it has Uracil
all of these
DNA is called the "blueprint of life" because:
it is like a fingerprint
it has a blue color
it contains the plans for building an organism
it can relay messages to other molecules
The two men who established the structure of DNA were:
Frederick and Alvers
Watson and Crick
Berkely and Fry
Darwin and Lamarke
Which of the following takes the genetic code to the cytoplasm:
DNA
deoxyribose
tRNA
mRNA
The sugar found in DNA is:
equal
ribose
deoxyribose
glucose
A gene is:
a segment of DNA that codes for a protein
a set of homologous chromosomes
a molecule within DNA
a type of pants
In a DNA molecule, if 15% of the Nitrogen bases is T, what percentage of the bases is G?
15
85
35
75
In a DNA molecule, if 15% of the Nitrogen bases is T, what percentage of the bases is A?
15
95
75
85
