DNA Quiz practice EL

The scientific name of the shape of DNA

• protein molecule

• double helix

• a ladder

What holds together the two strands of DNA between nitrogen bases?

• sugar bonds

• base bonds

• hydrogen bonds

Genetic variation comes from the order of the

• sugar group

• hydrogen bonds

• nitrogen bases

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

When DNA makes a copy of itself.

• binary fission

• DNA replication

• emancipation

DNA sequence = C-T-G-G-A-C-A-T-A. What is the matching strand?

• G-T-G-G-A-C-A-T-A

• G-A-C-C-T-G-T-A-A

• G-A-C-C-T-G-T-A-T

Which nitrogen bases pair together in DNA?

• guanine and cytosine

• guanine and thymine

• cytosine and adenine

What are the parts of a nucleotide?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine

• deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base

• hydrogen bonds

What is a function of DNA?

• pass on genetic information to new cells

• long-term energy storage

• support the body

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The sides of the DNA ladder are made of

• nitrogen bases

• proteins

• phosphate groups and deoxyribose sugars

Order from smallest to largest?

• nucleotide -> gene -> chromosome -> nucleus -> cell

• gene -> chromosome -> nucleus -> cell -> nucleotide

• nucleotide-> chromosome->gene-> cell->nucleus