DNA Structure and Replication
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Biology(2017)(ARCHIVED)
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- Q1What is the process by which identical copies of DNA are made?DNA split and copydouble helixDNA replicationMitosis30sBIOL.5a
- Q2What are the building blocks of DNA?nitrogen basesnucleotidesgenesthe double helix30sBIOL.9a
- Q3Which of the following is NOT a nitrogen base in DNAguanineadeninethymineuracil30sBIOL.9a
- Q4What is the shape of DNA?nucleotidetwisted laddergenedouble helix30sBIOL.9a
- Q5The sides of a DNA molecule are made ofsugar and phosphatenitrogen basessugar and nitrogen basephosphate and nitrogen base30sBIOL.9a
- Q6The middle of the DNA molecule (rungs of the ladder) are made ofnitrogen basesphosphate and nitrogen basesugar and nitrogen basesugar and phosphate30sBIOL.9a
- Q7What is a short segment of DNA that codes for a trait?enzymenucleotidegenedouble helix30sBIOL.5a
- Q8According to base pairing rules, which of the following is true?Cells contain the same amount of adenine as guanine.Cells contain the same amount of guanine as cytosine.Cells contain the same amount of thymine as cytosine.all of the above30sBIOL.5a
- Q9In the diagram of DNA what structure is labeled K?nucleotidephosphatesugarnitrogen base30sBIOL.5a
- Q10In the diagram of DNA what structure is labeled J?nitrogen basephosphatesugarnucleotide30sBIOL.5a
- Q11In the diagram of DNA what structure is labeled M?phosphatenucleotidehydrogen bondssugar30sBIOL.5a
- Q12In the diagram of DNA what structure is labeled N?nucleotidehydrogen bondsphosphatenitrogen base30sBIOL.5a
- Q13In the diagram of DNA what structure is labeled P?sugarnucleotidehydrogen bondsphosphate30sBIOL.5a
- Q14What is the full name of DNAdoes not applydepartment network administratordeoxyribonucleic acidribonucleic acid30sBIOL.5a
- Q15The enzyme that "unzips" the DNA strand by breaking the hydrogen bonds between base pairs is calledPrimaseLigaseDNA polymeraseHelicase30sBIOL.5a
