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DNA Structure

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms

(a)  

2.

Roles of the genetic material:

“A genetic material must carry out two jobs: duplicate itself and control the development of the rest of the cell in a specific way.”

who said this?

(a)  

3.

According to Francis Crick, what are the roles of the genetic material

a)

duplicate itself

b)

control the development of the rest of the cell in a specific way

c)

transcribe itself

d)

translate itself

4.

1860, foundation of genetics through pea plant experiments, establishing the laws of inheritance

(a)  

5.

  • 1871, isolated nuclei from pus and identified nuclein later called nucleic acid



(a)  

6.

1902, chromosomes as carriers of genetic information

  • - transforming principle = nucleic acid later DNA

a)

Walter Sutton

b)

Theodor Boveri

c)

Friedrich Miescher

d)

Avery MacLeod

7.
  • their experiments provided strong evidence that DNA is the carrier of genetic information and DNA is the molecule of heredity

a)

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

b)

Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri

c)

Hershey and Chase

d)

 Levene and Miescher

8.

  • he discovered the structure of DNA



(a)  

9.

he discovered that a "transforming principle" could pass genetic information from one bacteria to another

(a)  

10.

Major distinction: RNA contains ribose, DNA contains (a)  

11.

3 parts of nucleic acid:

one nucleotide is composed of:

a)

sugar

b)

nitrogen-containing base

c)

phosphorus-containing component

d)

dna

12.

DNA IS A CHAIN OF NUCLEOTIDES.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

- a type of organic molecule with a two-ring structure

- adenine and guanine

(a)  

14.

- a type of organic molecule with a single-ring structure

- cytosine and thymine (and uracil)

(a)  

15.

The two opposing orientation of the two nucleotide chains in a DNA

molecule is called (a)  

16.

who made the rule:

no. of adenine = no. of thymine

no. of guanine = no. of cytosine

(a)  

17.

“X-ray diffraction indicated DNA has a

repeating structure.”

a)

Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri

b)

Maurice Wilkins

and Rosalind Franklin

c)

James Watson and

Francis Crick

18.

“DNA is double-stranded molecules wound

in a double helix.”

a)

James Watson and

Francis Crick

b)

Maurice Wilkins

and Rosalind Franklin

c)

Frederick Griffith

d)

Friedrich Miescher

19.

(a)   between paired bases hold the two DNA strands together.

20.

A sugar and phosphate

“backbone” connects nucleotides in a chain

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The double-stranded, helical structure of DNA gives it great strength (a)   times the strength of single-stranded DNA, which would not form helix.

22.

The directionality of a DNA strand is due to the orientation of the phosphate-sugar backbone.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

The DNA of the smallest human chromosome if stretched is (a)   millimeters long.

24.

The protein (or functional RNA) creates the phenotype.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Meselson and Stahl Experiment Conclusion: replication is (a)