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Griffith Avery and Hershey and Chase

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who worked with a "new" technology called radioactive labelling?

a)

Watson & Crick

b)

Hersey & Chase

c)

Griffith

d)

Avery, MacLeod, & McCarthy

2.

This scientist discovered that DNA was the transforming principal by destroying different parts of the bacteria until a mouse lived and the R strain didn't transform into S.

a)

Miescher

b)

Hershey-Chase

c)

Griffith

d)

Avery

e)

Chargaff

3.

Who discovered that bacteria could be changed by the process of transformation?

a)

Griffith

b)

Hershey & Chase

c)

Avery

d)

Franklin

4.

Who demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material using bacteriophages?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery

c)

Hershey & Chase

d)

Watson & Crick

5.

Which experiment involved the use of radioactive sulfur and phosphorus to trace protein and DNA?

a)

Griffith's experiment

b)

Avery's experiment

c)

Hershey-Chase experiment

d)

Mendel's experiment

6.

What was the main conclusion of Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae?

a)

DNA is the genetic material

b)

Proteins are the genetic material

c)

Bacteria can transform

d)

Viruses can infect bacteria

7.

Which scientist(s) used enzymes to demonstrate that DNA is the transforming principle?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery, MacLeod, & McCarty

c)

Hershey & Chase

d)

Watson & Crick

8.

What did Hershey and Chase use to label DNA in their experiments?

a)

Radioactive sulfur

b)

Radioactive phosphorus

c)

Radioactive carbon

d)

Radioactive nitrogen

9.

In Griffith's experiment, what was the result when heat-killed S strain was mixed with live R strain?

a)

No transformation occurred

b)

R strain transformed into S strain

c)

S strain transformed into R strain

d)

Both strains died

10.

What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty conclude from their experiments?

a)

RNA is the genetic material

b)

Proteins are the genetic material

c)

DNA is the genetic material

d)

Lipids are the genetic material

11.

Which of the following was NOT a method used by Hershey and Chase in their experiment?

a)

Centrifugation

b)

Radioactive labeling

c)

Transformation

d)

Blender experiment

12.

What was the purpose of using a blender in the Hershey-Chase experiment?

a)

To mix the bacteria and viruses

b)

To separate the viral protein coats from the bacterial cells

c)

To heat the samples

d)

To cool the samples

13.

Which scientist first observed the phenomenon of bacterial transformation?

a)

Hershey

b)

Avery

c)

Griffith

d)

Chase

14.

What was the significance of the Hershey-Chase experiment?

a)

It proved that proteins are the genetic material

b)

It demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material

c)

It showed that viruses cannot infect bacteria

d)

It discovered the structure of DNA

15.

Which component of the bacteriophage was labeled with radioactive sulfur in the Hershey-Chase experiment?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Protein coat

d)

Lipid membrane