- Name this structure.
Your answer:
deoxynucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid
denatured ribonucleic acid
deoxoribonuclear acid
- The process by which RNA is made from DNA is called:
Your answer:
synthesis
translation
transcription
replication
- Adenine always pairs with:
Your answer:
cytosine
thymine
guanine
ribose
- The rungs of the DNA ladder are made of
Your answer:
base pairs
phosphates and hydrogen
glucose and sugars
sugars and phosphates
- The DNA molecule is held together by:
Your answer:
hydrogen bonds
glucose
magnetism
glue
- The process by which a DNA molecule makes a copy of itself is called:
Your answer:
replication
synthesis
transcription
translation
- A gene is:
Your answer:
a segment of DNA that codes for a protein
a set of homologous chromosomes
a type of pants
a molecule within the DNA
- The twisted ladder shape of the DNA molecule is called a:
Your answer:
deoxyribose flip
double helix
transcription
hydrogen twist
- The sugar found in the DNA molecule is:
Your answer:
equal
phosphate
deoxyribose
ribose
- Which of the following takes the genetic code to the cytoplasm:
Your answer:
deoxyribose
DNA
mRNA
tRNA
- The three nucleotide sequence on RNA is called a:
Your answer:
tRNA
codon
triplet
gene
- Each 3 nucleotides codes for:
Your answer:
1 amino acid
3 amino acids
1 protein
3 proteins
- The sugar found in RNA is
Your answer:
uracil
deoxyribose
helicase
ribose
- DNA is called the "blueprint of life" because:
Your answer:
it is like a fingerprint
it has a blue color
it contains the plans for building an organism
it can relay messages to other molecules
- The two men who discovered the structure of DNA were:
Your answer:
frederick and alvers
watson and crick
berkeley and fry
darwin and lamarke