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1.1.5 DNA Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the fruit extraction lab, students squish the strawberry in the baggie to break down the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A cheek swab is commonly the method used to extract DNA cells from humans.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following is a prokaryotic cell? Select the correct figure.

a)

Figure B

b)

Figure A

4.

Given the DNA strand GAATTCC TCGAG, what would be the complimentary strand to make the double stranded DNA?

a)

AGGCCTTCTAGA

b)

GAATTCCTCGAG

c)

None of the above

d)

CTTAAGGAGCTC

5.

In the DNA isolation lab, what was the purpose of the detergent?

a)

Bring the DNA to the top of the tube.

b)

Dissolve the DNA.

c)

Dissolve the cell & nuclear membrane

d)

Balance the pH

6.

What type of chemical bond is found between paired bases of the DNA double helix?

a)

hydrogen

b)

covalent

c)

phosphate

d)

ionic

7.

Which of the following bases is a purine?

a)

Cytosine

b)

Thymine

c)

Guanine

d)

Adenine

8.

Which of these is correct according to Chargaff's base pairing rule?

a)

A = T

b)

U = T

c)

A = C

d)

A = G

9.

Based on the DNA strand diagram, the GREEN HEXAGON is a ______.

a)

phosphate

b)

sugar

c)

thymine

d)

cytosine

e)

nucleotide

10.

Based on the DNA strand diagram, the BLUE BOX shows a ______.

a)

phosphate

b)

sugar

c)

thymine

d)

cytosine

e)

nucleotide

11.

Based on the DNA strand diagram, the RED CIRCLE shows a ______.

a)

phosphate

b)

sugar

c)

thymine

d)

cytosine

e)

nucleotide

12.

Which of the following is a eukaryotic cell? Choose the correct figure.

a)

Figure A

b)

Figure B

13.

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.

a)

adenine

b)

guanine

c)

cytosine

d)

thymine

e)

nucleotide

14.

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.

a)

cytosine

b)

thymine

c)

adenine

d)

guanine

e)

nucleotide

15.

Match the term to the definition: component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base.

a)

thymine

b)

cytosine

c)

adenine

d)

guanine

e)

nucleotide

16.

Match the term to the definition: is any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material.

a)

chromosomes

b)

gene

c)

histones

d)

nucleotide

e)

helix

17.

Match the term to the definition: a protein that DNA winds around to condense into a chromosome.

a)

histones

b)

chromosomes

c)

adenine

d)

gene

e)

nucleotide

18.

Match the term to the definition: A component of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA); a purine base.

a)

guanine

b)

adenine

c)

cytosine

d)

thymine

e)

nucleotide

19.

In our DNA extraction lab, the alcohol is used to __________.

a)

break open the cell membrane

b)

filter the contents

c)

separate the DNA

d)

precipitate the DNA

20.

When you finished the DNA extraction from the fruit or the saliva, the DNA actually should have looked like _______?

a)

white, stringy strands or clumps

b)

a clear, colorless liquid

c)

blue crystalline granules

d)

green pellet-like beads