What is DNA?
You've got that super "BASE"
Chemical Structure
Discovering DNA's shape
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
DNA has a specific shape called a _____________________, which can be described as a twisted ladder.
What is a double helix
100
Base-pairing rules state that A always pairs with ____.
What is T (Thymine)
200
DNA is which of following organic molecules? A) A lipid B) A carbohydrate C) A protein D) A nucleic acid
What is a nucleic acid
200

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

The copying of DNA

What is replication

300

What is the name of the Base indicated by the letter "C"?

Cytosine

300

Thinking back to the twisted ladder analogy, what do the sides of the ladder represent?

What are sugars and phosphates?

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
DNA nucleotides are made up of three components:
What are 1. A sugar 2. A phosphate 3. A nitrogen base (need all 3 to be correct)
400

The enzyme that "unzips" the helix by breaking the bonds between nitrogen bases before making a copy of DNA

What is Helicase?

400

The name of chemicals harvested from bacteria that chop DNA up into smaller pieces.

What are restriction enzymes?

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

The enzyme that adds new nucleotides when creating a copy of DNA

What is DNA polymerase?

500

This is an image created of one's unique DNA and is used to catch DNA from two people to check for relatedness.

What is a DNA Fingerprint?

500
What were the names of the two scientists who first modeled the structure of a DNA molecule as a twisted, double-helix shape.
Who are Watson & Crick
500

Before anybody knew what the structure of DNA was, or even that bases paired up with each other, we only knew that there were sugars, phosphates, and the nitrogen bases A,G,C, and T in a DNA molecule. The name of the scientist who discovered that the % A equals the % T, and the % G equals the % C was? (Fact used to support the base-pair rules)

Who is Chargaff

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