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DNA/Mutations Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DNA is replicated (duplicated) in a _______ fashion.

a)

semi-conservative (1 parent strand, 1 new strand)

b)

fully conservative (both parent strands)

c)

not conservative (2 new strands)

2.

Cytosine pairs with _______.

a)

cytosine

b)

guanine

c)

adenine

d)

thymine

3.

Adenine pairs with ______.

a)

adenine

b)

guanine

c)

thymine

d)

cytosine

4.

A key difference with RNA is that RNA uses _______ instead of thymine.

a)

adenine

b)

uracil

c)

guanine

d)

cytosine

5.

How is RNA different from DNA?

a)

RNA is one strand; DNA is two strands

b)

RNA is two strands; DNA is one strand

c)

Both are two strands

d)

Both are one strands

6.

Who discovered the structural model of DNA as a double helix?

a)

Watson and Click

b)

Walson and Click

c)

Watson and Crick

d)

Walson and Crick

7.

What is the structural shape of DNA?

a)

single helix

b)

double helix

c)

triple helix

d)

quadruple helix

8.

DNA is made up of small repeating subunits called:

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

fatty acid chains

d)

carbohydrates

9.

The nitrogenous base pairs (A, T, C, G) are held together by _____ bonds.

a)

ionic

b)

covalent

c)

van der Waals

d)

hydrogen

10.

A nucleotide consists of a phosphate, deoxyribose sugar, and _____.

a)

a nitrogenous base

b)

an oxygenated base

c)

a hydrogenous base

d)

a fluorinated base

11.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

deosyribednucleus acid

b)

deoxymebonucleic acid

c)

deoxyribonucleic acid

d)

ribonucleic acid

12.

What enzyme unwinds the DNA strands to prepare for replication?

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

helicase

c)

amylase

d)

topoisomerase