DNA Structure and Scientists

What is deoxyribose?

• a 5 sided sugar that builds the backbone of a DNA strand

• a type of bond between nitrogenous bases

• a molecule of hydrogen and oxygen that makes up the nucleus

• the new name for a replicated strand of DNA

Identify the complimentary strand of DNA for the following:

• TACC

• ATGG

• AGCC

• TTGG

Which scientist took the first x-ray image that showed the double helix structure of DNA?

• Francis Crick

• James Watson

• Rosalind Franklin

• Gregor Mendel

Identify the three parts of a nucleotide.

• phosphate

• oxygen

• nitrogen base

• deoxyribose

• nucleic acid

The sides of the DNA ladder are made of alternating

• sugars and phosphates

• hydrogen bonds and bases

• sugars and nitrogen bases

• adenine and thymine

Who was the scientist who used X-rays to "take a picture" of DNA which was eventually used to figure out the structure of DNA?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Watson and Crick

• Maurice Wilkins

• Sherlock and Watson

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What is the twisted ladder shape of DNA called?

• double helix

• single helix

• stringy ladder

• ladder

What are the four bases that make up the genetic code in DNA?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine

• phosphates, sugar, base

• nitrogen, deoxyribose, base

• deoxyribose, nucleotide, base

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What actually makes up the genetic code?

• the order of the bases

• the order of the phosphates

• the order of the sugars

• the order of the phoenix

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These are the subunits of DNA; many of them bonded together makes up a DNA molecule

• nucleotide

• phsophate

• sugar

• base

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