DNA and RNA Review

Who came up with the DNA model?

• Franklin and Watson

• Crick and Watson

• Crick and Einstein

• Newton and Watson

What does DNA stand for?

• ribonucleic acid

• diniate

• denyrisonucleic acid

• deoxyribonucleic acid

What shape is DNA?

• double helix

• single helix

• triple helix

• stepstool

What makes up the sides of the DNA twisted ladder?

• nucleotides

• sugar and nitrogen bases

• sugar and phosphate

• phosphate and nitrogen bases

What makes up the "rungs" (steps) of the ladder?

• nucleotides

• nitrogen bases

• sugar and phosphate

• nucleic acid

What does thymine always pair with?

• adenine

• cytosine

• uracil

• guanine

What does guanine always pair with?

• adenine

• cytosine

• uracil

• guanine

What are specific sections of DNA called?

• nucleotides

• traits

• replication

• genes

What holds the nitrogen bases together?

• sugar

• hydrogen bonds

• phosphate

• nucleic acid

What is the process by which one DNA molecule forms two DNA molecules?

• duplication

• transcription

• replication

• translation