DNA

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Science
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8th Grade
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Mrs. Gagliardi
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who discovered DNA in 1953?
Watson and Holmes
Watson and Crick
Linneaus and Darwin
Tesla and Aristotle
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The shape of DNA?
double helix
suspension ladder
polyhedron
double angle
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This picture shows the building blocks of DNA. It is called a ________.
nucleotide
double helix
centromere
sugar
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
DNA is wound up in ________ and is located in the ________ of a cell.
chromosomes
nucleus
centromere
mitochondria
chromosomes
cell wall
nucleotide
cell wall
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The chromosomes are held together at the center called the _______.
chromatid
centromere
chromosome
base pairs
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS3-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
______ is a single strand of a chromosome.
centromere
chromatid
base pairs
nucleotide
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What codes for body traits?
genes
phosphate
sugar
base pairs
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
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