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What is DNA?
You've got that super "BASE"
Chemical Structure (Harder Questions)
Discovering DNA's shape
DNA Replication
100
DNA stands for ___________________________
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100

Base-pairing rules state that A always pairs with ____.

What is (T) Thymine 

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

This is the enzyme that "unzips the genes"

Helicase

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

One strand of DNA reads GGACTTC, what is the sequence on the other, complementary strand?

What is CCTGAAG

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

What is the second step of DNA Replication 

DNA Polymerase adds complimentary bases to the original strands

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 shape of DNA 

Double Helix

300
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)
300

This is the enzyme that adds new nucleotide bases to the parent or template strand to form a new DNA strand

What is DNA Polymerase

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

Base-pairing rules state that G always pairs with _____.

What is Cytosine

400
Pyrimidines are used to describe nitrogen bases that contain how many rings? (Hint: Think pie for pyrimidine)
What is one ring
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

DNA Replication is said to be this because it results in two identical strands that have one old and one new strand. 

Semi Conservative

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

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?

Who is Chargaff

500
Purines is the name used to describe nitrogen bases that have how many rings?
What is two
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

What is the End result of Replication?

2 Identical strands of DNA