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Chapter 13 DNA Structure Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following researchers used radioactive markers in experiments to show that DNA isthe genetic material in cells?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery

c)

Hershey & Chase

d)

Watson & Crick

2.

Which of the following researchers wanted to find out what genetic material was made from (nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids or proteins) and determined DNA stores genetic material in organisms?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery

c)

Hershey & Chase

d)

Watson & Crick

3.

Which of the following researchers determined DNA is made from two strands, joined by paired nitrogenous bases and twisted in a double helix?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery

c)

Hershey & Chase

d)

Watson & Crick

4.

Which of the following researchers determined that traits are passed from parent to offspring by studying pea plants?

a)

Mendel

b)

Chargaff

c)

Franklin

d)

Watson & Crick

5.

Which of the following researchers determined that the amount of thymine in DNA = the amount of adenine, and the amount of cyotsine in DNA = the amount of guanine in DNA?

a)

Mendel

b)

Chargaff

c)

Franklin

d)

Watson & Crick

6.

Which of the following researchers used x-ray crystallography to determine that DNA is in a helical pattern?

a)

Mendel

b)

Chargaff

c)

Franklin

d)

Watson & Crick

7.

A nucleotide does not contain...

a)

a sugar

b)

an amino acid

c)

a nitogenous base

d)

a phosphate group

8.

According to Chargaff's rule of base pairing, which of the following is true about DNA?

a)

A = T

C = G

b)

A = C

T = G

c)

A = G

T = C

d)

A = T = C = G

9.

The bonds that hold the two strands of DNA together come from

a)

The attraction of phosphate groups for each other

b)

Strong bonds between nitrogenous bases and deoxyribose

c)

Weak hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases

d)

Carbon-to-carbon bonds in the suar portion of the nucleotides

10.

The term that describes one side of nucleotides facing up and the other side of nucleotides facing downward is called...

a)

antiparallel arrangement

b)

parallel

arrangement

c)

intersecting

d)

transversal

11.

In eukaryotes DNA is found in this organelle...

a)

golgi apparatus

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplast

12.

Adenine pairs with....

a)

Thymine

b)

Guanine

c)

Cytosine

13.

Guanine pairs with....

a)

Thymine

b)

Adenine

c)

Cytosine

14.

Purines are.....

a)

Adenine & Guanine

b)

Cytosine & Thymine

c)

Adenine & Thymine

d)

Guanine & Cytosine

15.

Pyrimidines are.....

a)

Adenine & Guanine

b)

Cytosine & Thymine

c)

Adenine & Thymine

d)

Guanine & Cytosine

16.

If there's 28% adenine, how much thymine is there?

a)

28%

b)

22%

c)

12%

d)

21%

17.

If there's 13% adenine, how much guanine is there?

a)

37%

b)

17%

c)

27%

d)

13%

18.

Y & Z represent what part of the structure of DNA?

a)

sugar phosphate backbone

b)

base pairs

c)

hydrogen bonds

19.

W & X represent what part of the structure of DNA?

a)

sugar phosphate backbone

b)

base pairs

c)

hydrogen bonds

20.

The little dotted lines inbetween W & X represent what part of the structure of DNA?

a)

sugar phosphate backbone

b)

base pairs

c)

hydrogen bonds