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DNA Quizam!
Name _______________________________
Complete the following by giving the correct NUMBER for each
answer.
1. Total number of Amino Acids
2. Number of nitrogen bases found in DNA
3. Number of strands that make up RNA
4. Number of errors in a point mutation
5. Number of people to win the Nobel Prize for the DNA structure
Complete the following with the correct term.
6. The DNA strands twist around one another. This shape is a
________________________________
7. The repeating units of _________________ and ____________________ make up the
backbone of the DNA molecule.
8. The DNA bases are held together by ________________________ bonds.
9. DNA is coded into mRNA because DNA cannot leave the
______________________ of the cell.
10.
RNA is translated into proteins in which organelle?
______________________
Complete the following by putting the correct answer in the blank provided:
_____11. Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?
a. ribose + phosphate group + thymine
b. ribose + phosphate group + guanine
c. deoxyribose + phosphate group + cytosine
d. deoxyribose + phosphate group + hydrogen
_____ 12. DNA replication results in two DNA molecules produced,
a. each with two new strands
b. one with two new strands and the other with two original strands
c. each with two original strands
d. each with one new strand and one original strand
_____13. During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases
CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases
a. TCGAAC
b. GATCCA
c. AGCTTG
d. CTAGGT
_____14. Which of the following correctly pair together?
a. adenine and guanine
b. adenine and cytosine
c. adenine and thymine
d. all of the above
______15. What two scientists created the model of DNA structure?
a. Hershey and Chase
b. Franklin and Watson
c. Wilkins and Franklin
d. Crick and Watson
Use the following strand of DNA to complete the questions:
Original: T A C T G C C T T A T A C A T T A C G G G T T A G A G A C T
1. Translate the original strand of DNA into a complimentary strand of DNA.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2. Translate the original strand of DNA into mRNA.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
3. Divide the above strand of mRNA into triplet codons
4. Translate the codons into Amino Acids
5. If the last T of the original strand of DNA was changed to a C, would the
resulting amino acid chain be different? How? Explain.