DNA STAAR

Which bases are only found in DNA?

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Uracil

• Guanine

If we think of DNA as a ladder, which parts are the steps of the ladder?

• the nitrogenous base pairs

• the phosphate-sugar backbone

• the genes

• the phospholipid bilayer

If we think of DNA as a ladder, which parts are the sides of the ladder?

• the nitrogenous base pairs

• the phosphate-sugar backbone

• the genes

• the phospholipid bilayer

Nitrogen base that pairs with adenine

• cytosine

• DNA polymerase

• deoxyribose

• thymine

A nitrogen base that bonds with cytosine; a purine

• thymine

• guanine

• helicase

• double helix

DNA makes proteins that determine your ________!

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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Where does transcription take place?

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• protein

When DNA is copied into mRNA it is called

• protein synthesis

• translation

• transcription

• replication

Any change in the DNA is called a/an

• mistake

• exon

• mutation

• intron

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix

• contains ribose

• made of amino acids

• contains Uracil

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