History of DNA
DNA Basics
Building DNA
Bonus Questions
100

This animal was used for Frederick Griffith's famous experiment in 1928.

What is a mouse?

100

This is what DNA stands for.

What is deoxyribonucleic acid?


100

DNA replication results in this. 

What are two strands?

100

Ms. Calma's first name.

What is Donita?

200

This famous scientist discovered the relative portions of bases in DNA for base pair ruling. 

Who is Erwin Chargaff?

200

This is the nitrogenous base pair for adenine. 

What is thymine?

200
This enzyme unwinds/separates DNA before replication.

What is DNA helicase?

200

Ms. Calma's age.

What is 23?

300

Two famous scientists that received a Nobel Prize for proposing the DNA model.

Who are James Watson and Francis Crick?

300

Bonds that hold together nitrogenous bases in a DNA molecule.

What are hydrogen bonds?

300

This enzyme adds complementary nucleotides to create new double-stranded DNA molecules.

What is DNA polymerase?

300

Mr. Rodriguez's birthday.

When is April 1st?
400

Two scientists who showed that DNA is genetic material, NOT PROTEINS.

Who are Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase?

400

The overall shape of the DNA molecule.

What is a double helix?
400

Arrangement of the sides of the DNA molecule.

What is anti-parallel?

400

Ms. Calma's school.

Where is USC?

500

Female scientist who originally discovered the double-helix shape of DNA (not Watson and Crick).

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

500

Three components of a nucleotide. 

What are nitrogenous bases, phosphate, and deoxyribose (sugar)?

500

This is found in RNA but not in DNA. 

What is uracil?

500

Kids Mr. Rodriguez has.

What is 4?