Worksheets1.1.5 DNA Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In the fruit extraction lab, students squish the strawberry in the baggie to break down the cell membrane.
True
False
A cheek swab is commonly the method used to extract DNA cells from humans.
True
False
Which of the following is a prokaryotic cell? Select the correct figure.
Figure B
Figure A
Given the DNA strand GAATTCC TCGAG, what would be the complimentary strand to make the double stranded DNA?
AGGCCTTCTAGA
GAATTCCTCGAG
None of the above
CTTAAGGAGCTC
In the DNA isolation lab, what was the purpose of the detergent?
Bring the DNA to the top of the tube.
Dissolve the DNA.
Dissolve the cell & nuclear membrane
Balance the pH
What type of chemical bond is found between paired bases of the DNA double helix?
hydrogen
covalent
phosphate
ionic
Which of the following bases is a purine?
Cytosine
Thymine
Guanine
Adenine
Which of these is correct according to Chargaff's base pairing rule?
A = T
U = T
A = C
A = G
Based on the DNA strand diagram, the GREEN HEXAGON is a ______.
phosphate
sugar
thymine
cytosine
nucleotide
Based on the DNA strand diagram, the BLUE BOX shows a ______.
phosphate
sugar
thymine
cytosine
nucleotide
Based on the DNA strand diagram, the RED CIRCLE shows a ______.
phosphate
sugar
thymine
cytosine
nucleotide
Which of the following is a eukaryotic cell? Choose the correct figure.
Figure A
Figure B
Match the term to the definition: a component of nucleic acids, energy-carrying molecules such as ATP, and certain coenzymes. Chemically, it is a purine base.
adenine
guanine
cytosine
thymine
nucleotide
Match the term to the definition: a component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base.
cytosine
thymine
adenine
guanine
nucleotide
Match the term to the definition: component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base.
thymine
cytosine
adenine
guanine
nucleotide
Match the term to the definition: is any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material.
chromosomes
gene
histones
nucleotide
helix
Match the term to the definition: a protein that DNA winds around to condense into a chromosome.
histones
chromosomes
adenine
gene
nucleotide
Match the term to the definition: A component of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA); a purine base.
guanine
adenine
cytosine
thymine
nucleotide
In our DNA extraction lab, the alcohol is used to __________.
break open the cell membrane
filter the contents
separate the DNA
precipitate the DNA
When you finished the DNA extraction from the fruit or the saliva, the DNA actually should have looked like _______?
white, stringy strands or clumps
a clear, colorless liquid
blue crystalline granules
green pellet-like beads
