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IB Nucleic acids

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which direction does DNA replication occur?

a)

3'->5'

b)

3'->3'

c)

5'->3'

d)

5'->5'

2.

In the Hershey and Chase experiment the presence of an isotope of which element in the bacteria in the pellet after centrifugation indicated that DNA was the genetic material

a)

Sulphur

b)

Carbon

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Phosphorous

3.

Identify the enzyme that adds nucleotides in a 5'->3' direction on the leading strand.

a)

DNA gyrase

b)

DNA polymerase III

c)

DNA polymerase I

d)

DNA Primase

4.

State the enzyme that uncoils the DNA double helix

(a)  

5.

Identify the enzyme that adds a short length of RNA to a template strand of DNA

a)

DNA Ligase

b)

DNA polymerase I

c)

DNA gyrase

d)

DNA primase

6.

State the term for the newly synthesised DNA formed between RNA promers on th elagging strand

(a)  

7.

In eukaryotes the coding sequence on DNA is interrupted by non-coding sequences. Identify the term for the non coding sequences.

a)

Introns

b)

Promoter

c)

Exons

d)

Histones

8.

How many tandem repeats are there in the sequence: GATAGATAGATAGATAGATA

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

20

9.

Identify the repetitive base sequences found at the end of chromosomes that are not replicated

a)

Exons

b)

Codons

c)

Terminator

d)

Telomeres

10.

There are genes for tRNA and rRNA

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Identify the process that can be used to separate fragments of DNA accoring to their size and charge.

a)

PCR

b)

Gel electrophoresis

c)

Bioinformatics

d)

Autoradiography

12.

State the process that involves nucleosomes linking up and pulling together to tightly package DNA.

(a)  

13.

State the term for the proteins around which DNA is wrapped in ekaryotic chromosomes

(a)  

14.

How many core histone proteins are there in a nucleosome

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

8

15.

What term describes the two strands in a DNA molecule running in opposite directions?

(a)