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DNA Day

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

b)

Delicious Nutritious Apples

c)

Dynamic Natural Atoms

2.

What shape is DNA usually found in?

a)

Circle

b)

Square

c)

Double helix

3.

What are the building blocks of DNA called?

a)

Nucleotides

b)

Amino acids

c)

Cells

4.

How many different types of nucleotides are there in DNA?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

12

5.

Which of these is NOT a base in DNA?

a)

Adenine (A)

b)

Thymine (T)

c)

Cytosine (C)

d)

Mannine (M)

6.

What base does Adenine (A) pair with in DNA?

a)

Thymine (T)

b)

Guanine (G)

c)

Cytosine (C)

d)

Adenine (A)

7.

What base does Cytosine (C) pair with in DNA?

a)

Adenine (A)

b)

Thymine (T)

c)

Cytosine (C)

d)

Guanine (G)

8.

What is the main function of DNA?

a)

Store genetic information

b)

Provide energy

c)

Support cell structure

9.

Where is DNA found in a cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

10.

What do genes contain instructions for?

a)

Building proteins

b)

Playing games

c)

Drawing pictures

11.

How many chromosomes do humans typically have?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

d)

1000

12.

What is the process of copying DNA called?

a)

Replication

b)

Transition

c)

Translation

d)

Equation

13.

What is a mutation?

a)

A change in the DNA sequence

b)

A dance move

c)

A type of plant

14.

Are all mutations harmful?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

15.

What are the letters of the DNA alphabet?

a)

A, B, C, D

b)

A, T, C, G

c)

A, B, C, G

16.

Who discovered the structure of DNA?

a)

Watson and Crick

b)

Newton and Galileo

c)

Darwin and Mendel

17.

What are the segments of DNA that determine our traits called?

a)

Genes

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Proteins

18.

How many chromosomes do you inherit from each parent?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

10

19.

What does it mean if a trait is recessive?

a)

It always appears in offspring

b)

It only appears if both parents pass it down

c)

It makes you better at sports

20.

What is the name of the technology used to read a person's DNA sequence?

a)

DNA sequencing

b)

Gene therapy

c)

Cloning

21.

What do you call the study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms?

a)

Genetics

b)

Biology

c)

Ecology