What is DNA?
You've got that super "BASE"
Chemical Structure (Harder Questions)
Genes and Chromosomes
Base-Pairing Rules
100
DNA stands for ___________________________
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
DNA has how many nitrogenous bases?
What is four
100
The type of bond that holds base pairs together is? (Hint: The weaker one)
What is a hydrogen bond
100

Humans have ______ chromosomes

What is 46
100
Base-pairing rules state that A always pairs with ____.
What is T (Thymine)
200
DNA has a specific shape called a _____________________, which can be described as a twisted ladder.
What is a double helix
200
What is the name for the base represented by an (A)?
What is Adenine
200
A strand of DNA is supported by its "backbones". Which two molecules make up the backbone of DNA?
What are sugars and phosphates
200
True/False: DNA exists normally in your cells as a single-strand of nucleotides, having one backbone connected to nitrogenous bases.
What is False (DNA is double-stranded)
200
Base-pairing rules state that G always pairs with _____.
What is C (Cytosine)
300
A nucleic acid is made up of smaller units, or building blocks, called ____________________
What are nucleotides
300
What is the name for the base represented by a (G)?
What is Guanine
300

The smallest unit of matter that DNA is made up of.

What are atoms

300

a section of DNA that carries the instructions for making a specific protein

What is a Gene

300
If one side of a strand of DNA reads ATCGA, use the base-pair rules to come up with the sequence on the other, complementary strand of the same DNA. (Complementary means matching)
What is TAGCT Because... A=T T=A C=G G=C A=T
400
Thinking back to the twisted ladder analogy, what do the sides of the ladder represent?
What are the backbones of DNA (made up of sugars and phosphates)
400
What is the name for the base represented by a (C)?
What is Cytosine
400

What type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?

(Hint: Strong _______ Bonds)

Hydrogen

400
What is the name of the scientist who extracted DNA from certain cells, took x-ray photographs of it, and saw an x-shaped picture?
Who is Rosalind Franklin (just Franklin is okay)
400
One strand of DNA reads GGACTTC, what is the sequence on the other, complementary strand?
What is CCTGAAG
500
The sugar in DNA is made up of 5 carbons, what is the specific name for this 5-carbon sugar in DNA? (Hint: the D in DNA)
What is deoxyribose
500
What is the name for the base represented by a (T)?
What is Thymine
500

How long can DNA stretch out if we were to straighten it all the way?

What is six feet

500

A ______ is a segment of DNA, while a ______ is a structure made up of many genes wrapped around proteins.

What is gene and chromosome?

500

True or false- The % A equals the % T, and the % G equals the % C

What is true

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