DNA Quiz Review

Who was the first to publish their discovery of the structure of DNA? You may select more than one scientist.

• Gregor Mendel

• James Watson

• Rosalind Franklin

• Charles Darwin

• Francis Crick

Rosalind Franklin captured the first image of DNA by exposing it to _.

• camera film

• x-ray film

• ultroviolet radiation

• infrared lighting

The shape of a DNA molecule is described as a

• double cross

• backbone

• half ladder

• double helix

Select the moleclules that make up the sides (the backbone) of the DNA molecule. You may select more than one molecule.

• nitrogen base

• phosphate

• sugar

• enzymes

_ bonds hold the base pairs together.

Which molecules make up the rungs of the DNA molecule?

• nitrogen bases

• phosphates

• proteins

• sugars

Genes code for _ which determine traits.

• nitrogen bases

• sugars

• proteins

• nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

In a DNA molecule, adenine (A) pairs with _. (You may write out the word or use the symbol.)

Cytosine (C) pairs with _ in a DNA molecule.

When does DNA replication take place within the cell cycle?

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Cytokinesis