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DNA

Quiz by Catherine Ruddy

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    What does DNA stand for?
    Deoxyribose nucleic acid
    Deoxyribose NA
    DeeNAAA
    Deoxy nucleic acid
    30s
  • Q2
    What did Chargaff discover?
    All bases bond with one another.
    Adenine bonds with Cytosine and Thymine bonds with Guanine
    Adenine bonds with Thymine and Cytosine bonds with Guanine
    Adenine bonds with Guanine and Thymine bonds with Cytosine
    30s
  • Q3
    What does DNA do for the body?
    provides instructions
    30s
  • Q4
    What did Hershey and Chase's experiment conclude?
    RNA was the genetic material
    DNA was the genetic material
    Protein coat was the genetic material
    all genetic material is different depending on the organism
    30s
  • Q5
    The process in which one strain of bacterium is apparently changed into another strain is called
    transcription
    duplication
    transformation
    replication
    30s
  • Q6
    Before DNA could definitively be shown to be the genetic material in cells, scientists had to show that it could:
    be modified in response to the environment
    be broken down into smaller subunits
    tolerate high temps
    carry and make copies of information
    30s
  • Q7
    According to Chargaff's rule if I have a strand of DNA that has 40% Guanine, how much Adenine would there be in the same strand?
    40%
    20%
    10%
    35%
    30s
  • Q8
    What makes up a nucleotide?
    ribose sugar, phosphate and a nitrogen base (A, T, C, or G)
    just a nitrogen base
    deoxyribose sugar, phosphate and a nitrogen base (A, T, C, or G)
    phosphate and a nitrogen base (A, T, C or G)
    30s
  • Q9
    What is the other side of the following DNA strand: ACTTAGCCC
    ACGATTUCG
    TUAATCGGG
    TATTAATTTAA
    TGAATCGGG
    30s
  • Q10
    UUU is a
    AAA
    codon
    coding
    nothing
    30s
  • Q11
    The anticodon for UUU is:
    UUU
    GGG
    AAA
    CCC
    30s
  • Q12
    What amino acid is coded for with the DNA sequence TAC
    Lysine
    Methionine
    Proline
    Glutamic Acid
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the protein?
    a chain of amino acids
    a chain of polypeptides
    a chain of codons
    nothing, it is something we eat
    30s
  • Q14
    What occurs during translation?
    tRNA is coded into the amino acid sequence
    mRNA is coded into the amino acid sequence
    rRNA is coded into the amino acid sequence
    the mRNA is created
    30s
  • Q15
    What occurs during transcription?
    mRNA is created from the DNA sequence
    mRNA codes for the amino acid sequence
    rRNA is created form the DNA sequence
    tRNA is created from the DNA sequence
    30s

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