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DNA

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21 questions
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  • Q1
    Who is credited with discovering the over all three dimensional shape of DNA
    Pauling
    Watson and Crick
    Franklin
    Chargoff
    10s
  • Q2
    A is complimentary to
    C
    T
    G
    A
    10s
  • Q3
    RNA is different from DNA because RNA is single stranded and ?
    Uses the base Adenine in place of Thymine
    Uses the base Uracil in place of Thymine
    Use the base Cytosine in place of Guanine
    Uses the base Uracil in place of Adenine
    10s
  • Q4
    The building blocks of DNA are called?
    Bases
    Nucleotides
    Sugars
    Phosphates
    10s
  • Q5
    The process of DNA making a copy of its self is called?
    Repetition
    Remission
    Replication
    Reputation
    10s
  • Q6
    Protein synthesis consists of two parts
    Replication and Translation
    Transcription and Translation
    Transcription and Replication
    10s
  • Q7
    A cell need to replicate the DNA prior to
    Fertilization
    Cell division
    Photosynthesis
    Anaphase
    10s
  • Q8
    The part of the nucleotide that varies (changes) is the
    base
    sugar
    phosphate
    10s
  • Q9
    Proteins are made of?
    Stomach Acids
    Bases
    Amino Acids
    Nucleic Acids
    10s
  • Q10
    Transcription occurs in the?
    Golgi
    Mitochondria
    Cytoplasm
    Nucleus
    10s
  • Q11
    During transcription, a gene gets copied to form a stand of?
    rRNA
    tRNA
    mRNA
    wRNA
    10s
  • Q12
    Roslin Franklin
    Discovered the double helix of DNA
    Married Ben Franklin
    Used X-Rays to discover the spiral shape of DNA
    Discovered that A's=T's and C's=G's
    10s
  • Q13
    When a gene has the wrong sequence of bases it's known as a?
    Mutation
    Malfeasant
    Mistake
    Malfunction
    10s
  • Q14
    Translation occurs in the?
    Nucleus
    Golgi
    Mitochondria
    Cytoplasm
    10s
  • Q15
    The rungs of the DNA ladder are made of?
    Amino Acids
    Bases
    Phosphate
    Sugars
    10s

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