Misc.
Structure
Structure
Replication
Replication
100

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

100

What are the 4 nitrogen bases in DNA?

Spell them out 

Adenine (A) 

Thymine (T) 

Guanine (G) 

Cytosine (C)  

100

What shape is DNA?

Double Helix 

100

Which strand is built in fragments during replication?

Lagging strand

100

Enzyme that unzips the DNA molecule.

What bonds does it break in the DNA? 

Helicase 

Hydrogen bonds 

200

What sugar is in DNA?

Deoxyribose 

200

What does A pair with?

Thymine (T) 

200

What does C pair with?

Guanine (G) 

200

Location where helicase breaks hydrogen bonds.  

Replication Fork

200

Which strand is built continuously?

Leading strand

300

What does semi-conservative replication mean?

Each new DNA molecule has one old strand and one new strand

300

What types of bonds hold the nitrogen base pairs together. 

How many for A-T

How many go G-C

Hydrogen 

A-T = 2 

G-C = 3 

300

If a strand has 30% A, how much T is there?

What % will G and C be as well? 

A and T = 30% 


G and C = 20% 

300

What strand is made in the same directions as helicase 

What stands is make in the opposite direction as helicase 

Leading strand 

Lagging strand 

300

What must initiate DNA replication? 

RNA Primer

400

What individuals are most well known for discovering the shape of DNA

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Francis Crick,

400

What rule explains base pairing?

What does it say? 

Chargaff's rules

The amount of adenine (A) in the DNA of an organism = the amount of thymine (T) 

Similarly, whatever the amount of guanine (G), the amount of cytosine (C) is the same

400

What makes up the backbone of DNA? 


What bonds hold the nucleotides together?

Sugar / Phosphate back bone 

Covalent bonds hold it together 

400

Enzyme that binds free floating nucleotides to the growing DNA chain.

DNA Polymerase

400

enzyme that joins DNA fragments on the lagging strand


DNA Ligase

500

Put these in order: Primase, Helicase, Ligase, DNA Polymerase

Helicase → Primase → DNA Polymerase → Ligase

500

Draw and label the 3 parts of a nucleotide 

What 2 parts of a nucleotide remain the same 

What part can change? 


The sugar and phosphate remain the name 

The nitrogen base can change and be a A, T, C, or G 

500

What does the term antiparallel mean 

Which ends of the DNA go together?  

The two stands that make up a DNA molecule run in opposite directions 

One strand runs from 5' to 3', while the other runs from 3' to 5'

5' end of one strand aligns with the 3' end of the other. 





500

In what direction is DNA built?

5' to 3' direction

500

What is the name of the sections of DNA being made only on the lagging stand 

Okazaki fragments