Unit 4 DNA Forensics Review

Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?

• nitrogenous base
• nucleic acid
• cholesterol
• fatty acid

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.) 

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

The sugar in DNA is ?

• sucrose
• glucose
• deoxyribose
• fructose

A method used to rapidly make multiple copies of a specific segment of DNA.

• PCR (Polymerse Chain Reaction)

• Electrophoresis

• DNA Probe

Tandem repeats of short DNA sequences with varying numbers of repeats found among individuals.

• STR (Short Tandem Repeat)

• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)

• VNTR (Variable number of Tandem Repeats)

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The molecular "scissors" used to CUT DNA are called

• restriction enzymes

• RFLP's

• STRs

• helicases

Parts of the cell where DNA can be found: nucleus and

• ribosomes

• endoplasmic reticulum

• mitochondria

• golgi apparatus

According to the dna evidence, which suspect left DNA at the crime scene?

• suspect 1

• suspect 2

• suspect 3

• none of the suspects

The FBI database that stores DNA profiles

• CODIS

• AFIS

• STRATUS

• FEDDNA