DNA Intro

What does DNA do?

• a.  It carries genetic codes from parents to offspring.
• a.  It carries oxygen from the lungs to the body.
• a.  It tells you who you are.
• a.  It defines the organism.

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What is the shape of a DNA?

• Double Helix
• Base Pairing
• The shape of you
• Hydrogen Bonding

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of

• DNA structure

• DNA bases

• DNA double helix

• DNA sugars

What holds the DNA bases together?

• Hydrogen bonds
• DNA bases
• Double Helix
• Paired bases

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• ribosome
• nucleus

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What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, protein

Name this structure

• double helix
• nucelotide
• twisted ladder
• hydrogen bond

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A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

What does a Double Helix look like?

• Twisted ladder

• Upside down ladder

• Sideways ladder

• Double circle