Comparing DNA

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Science
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10th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If one side of DNA is ATTA what would the complementary strand look like?
CGGC
GCCG
TAAT
ATTA
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The shape of DNA looks like a twisted ladder, known as
helicase
a double helix
a triple helix
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Recently, scientists have been able to use ___________to find common proteins and amino acids to determine how closely related species are.
DNA
Vestigial structures
Fossils
Homologous structures
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to:
Species I
Species II
Species III
Species IV
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two organisms that are closely related would have
very similar DNA sequence
exactly the same DNA sequences
no proteins in common
completely different DNA sequence
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Common ancestry relates to evolution because
evolution only happens when there are common ancestors.
Common ancestors make evolution happen more quickly.
evolution can never take place with common ancestors.
the more two organisms have in common, the more recent is their common ancestor during their evolution.
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NGSS.HS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When comparing the DNA of two different organisms, the more differences in the DNA base pairs the more-
Closely related they are.
Distantly related they are.
It doesn't prove anything.
They look alike.
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NGSS.HS-LS4-1
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
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