DNA the Molecule
  • 1. DNA is made up of many
A) Sugar Molecules
B) Bases
C) Phosphate groups
D) Nucleotides
  • 2. Nucleotides have three main parts
A) G, T and C Bases
B) Genes and Chromosomes X and Chromosomes Y
C) Phosphate groups, deoxyribose sugars and nitrogen rich bases
D) Acids, Bases and inorganic salts
  • 3. The general shape of DNA is a
A) Single Helix
B) Triangular
C) Circular
D) Double Helix
E) Rectangular
  • 4. In the DNA structure (twisted rope ladder) the uprights of the ladder are alternating
A) sugar and base molecules
B) phosphate and base molecules
C) base molecules
D) phosphate and sugar molecules
  • 5. In the DNA structure (twisted rope ladder) the runs of the ladder are made up of
A) nitrogen-rich base pairs
B) phosphate and base molecules
C) phosphate and sugar molecules
D) sugar molecule pairs
  • 6. How many bases are there (in DNA)?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 8
D) 0
E) 4
  • 7. Nitrogen-rich bases pair up (complementary base pairing) in one way. A goes with
A) T
B) G
C) A
D) C
  • 8. Nitrogen-rich bases pair up (complementary base pairing) in one way. C goes with
A) C
B) G
C) T
D) A
  • 9. How many different rungs could be on the ladder of a DNA strand?
A) 0
B) 2
C) 8
D) 4
  • 10. Chromosomes are found in
A) the red blood cell
B) the nucleus of the cell
C) the gene
D) the DNA strand
  • 11. Human Cells have how many chromosomes
A) 20 (10 pairs)
B) 50 (25) pairs
C) 100 (50 pairs)
D) 46 (23 pairs)
  • 12. Sperm and Egg cells have how many chromosomes
A) 23 (half that of a normal human cell)
B) 46 (same as a human cell)
C) 0 (there is no nucleus)
D) 92 (double a human cell)
  • 13. Red blood cells have how many chromosomes
A) 0 (there is no nucleus)
B) 23 (half that of a normal human cell)
C) 46 (same as a human cell)
D) 92 (double a human cell)
  • 14. True or False: All animal cells have the same number of chromosomes as human cells (23 pairs)
A) True
B) False
  • 15. What is a gene?
A) Half a chromosome
B) A section of DNA that contains the genetic code
C) Another name for DNA
D) Another name for chromosomes
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