WorksheetsScientist Contributions to the Discovery of DNA
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who was the first to isolate nucleic acid, called it nuclein.
Miescher
Levene
Griffith
Mendell
Chargoff
Who discovered that there are two types of nucleic acid (DNA & RNA)
Hershey & Chase
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Griffith
Levene
Who described the Transforming Principle - that diseased genes can be spread to healthy individuals
Miescher
Griffiths
Watson & Crick
Chargaff
Who explained the Transforming Principle using DNA as agent of the disease
Levene
Franklin & Wilkins
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Hershey & Chase
Griffith
Who discovered that the proportion of A is same as T and proportion of G is same as C in DNA
Chargaff
Hersey & Chase
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Miescher
Who showed that DNA and not proteins were the genetic material?
Griffith
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Franklin & Wilkins
Hersey & Chase
Who used X-Ray crystallography to see DNA structure?
Franklin & Wilkins
Watson & Crick
Hershey & Chase
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Who discovered discovered the helical structure of DNA and that bases were on the inside and sugar phosphates on the outside?
Griffith
Levene
Watson & Crick
Franklin & Wilson
Who produced a structural model of the double helix?
Watson & Crick
Franklin & Wilkins
Miescher
Mendell
Who described the 3 components of DNA & RNA as sugar, phosphate group & nitrogenous bases?
Hersey & Chase
Levene
Mendell
Griffith
Who discovered that dead pathogenic bacteria passed on their disease-causing properties to live, non-pathogenic bacteria?
Levene
Griffith
Hershey & Chase
Miescher
Who worked with a "new" technology called radioactive labelling?
Watson & Crick
Hersey & Chase
Griffith
Avery, MacLeod, & McCarthy
Who used x-ray crystallography to analyze the structure of DNA?
Franklin & Wilkins
Watson & Crick
Hersey & Chase
Avery, MacLeod & McCarthy
Who received the Nobel Prize for their work determining the structure of DNA?
Watson, Crick, Wilkins & Franklin
Watson, Crick & Wilkins
Watson & Crick
Franklin & Wilkins
