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DNA Structure and Replication Quiz Review - By Lia (Juliana)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Please use your Journals for the whole review.

What does DNA stand for?

(a)  

2.

What is DNA's purpose

a)

It is the instruction for all living organisms

b)

It is the Main Source of quick energy

c)

It controls reaction rate and forms bone, muscle, enzymes, and antibodies

d)

Controls cell transportation, used for water proofing and is the double lipid layer of cell membranes

3.

What does the DNA Structure look exactly and looks similar to? 2 answers choices

a)

string

b)

A TWISTED ladder (nitrogen bases as rungs and nucleotides as railings)

c)

a necklace

d)

a Double Helix

4.

Select 3 that apply. What makes up a nucleotide?

a)

Deoxyribose (5 carbon sugar)

b)

Phosphate group

c)

1 of 4 nitrogen bases (Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine)

d)

oxygen group

5.

A Nucleotide is a (a)   to Nucleic Acid (starts with an M)

6.

Helix- a 3-D shape similar to a

(a)  

7.

Complimentary - Combining things in a way that ____ the qualities of each other

a)

Enhances

b)

diminish

8.

Polypeptide - a group of (a)   (monomers) link together to form a PROTEIN

9.

Sequence - a particular (a)   in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

10.

can a PURINE AND PURINE pair or PYRIMIDINE AND PYRIMIDINE pair go together?

a)

no. its purine and pyrimidine only

b)

yes. it doesn't matter

11.

What are the 4 nitrogenous bases?

4 lines
12.

Nitrogen base SEQUENCE determines genetic (a)   . It's why we are all different although we are made of the same thing.

13.

What does Adenine go with?

(a)  

14.

What does Guanine go with?

(a)  

15.

Erwin Chargaff's rule : for every Adenine/cytosine, the amount of __/__ will be the same. (ORDER COUNTS)

(a)  

16.

How many weak hydrogen bonds do the Adenine and Thymine pair have? (type only the number. Nothing else)

(a)  

17.

How many weak hydrogen bonds do the Cytosine and Guanine pair have? (type only the number. Nothing else)

(a)  

18.

The bonds in the nucleotides between the 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base are__

a)

constant

b)

weak

c)

strong

19.

Where does DNA replication happen in the cell cycle?

a)

G1

b)

G2

c)

S Phase

d)

Mitosis/Cytokinesis

e)

G0

20.

What enzyme unwinds or "unzips" the DNA strand?

a)

Lactase

b)

Helicase

c)

Polymerase III

d)

Amylase

21.

What BOND does Helicase break?

a)

The weak Hydrogen bonds between nitrogen bases.

b)

The strong covalent bonds within the nucleotide bonding 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base.

22.

What enzyme is used to BUILD the daughter DNA strands together using free-floating nucleotides to match with the COMPLIMENTARY NITROGEN BASES (A-T and C-G) ?????

a)

Polymerase III

b)

Lipase

c)

Helicase

d)

Sucrase

23.

What does a SEMI-CONSERVATIVE DNA STRAND mean?

a)

all old

b)

Half original strand and half new strand

c)

all new

24.

If one segment of a DNA strand is ATA CGC CCT TGA G, what are its complementary pairs? (Please write in the format of the listed bases above or it will count as wrong)

(a)  

25.

If one segment of a DNA strand is ATG CGA TAG AGT A, what are its complementary pairs? (Please write in the format of the listed bases above or it will count as wrong)

(a)