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    The document is a 10 question quiz about DNA and its structure. It tests knowledge about what DNA is made of, its double helix structure discovered by Watson and Crick, the rules of base pairing between nucleotides, and other details of DNA composition. The questions are multiple choice and cover topics like nucleotides, complementary base pairing, hydrogen bonds between bases, and proportions of bases determined by Chargaff.

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    The document is a 10 question quiz about DNA and its structure. It tests knowledge about what DNA is made of, its double helix structure discovered by Watson and Crick, the rules of base pairing between nucleotides, and other details of DNA composition. The questions are multiple choice and cover topics like nucleotides, complementary base pairing, hydrogen bonds between bases, and proportions of bases determined by Chargaff.

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    DNA stores our genetic information and is made up of long chains of nucleic acids. It forms a double helix structure with phosphate and sugar groups on the outside and phosphate groups connecting the two strands on the inside.

    DNA is made of long chains of nucleic acids called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a phosphate group, a deoxyribose sugar, and a nitrogen-containing base.

    The base-pairing rule states that the base adenine (A) will always bind to thymine (T), and the base guanine (G) will always bind to cytosine (C).

    DNA, the Genetic Material Quiz

    1. True or False: DNA is made of long chains of nucleic acids.

    false
    2. True or False: Deoxyribose is the base in DNA.

    false

    3. What is DNA?

    DNA is the material that makes up our chromosomes and stores our genetic
    information.

    4. What is meant by base-pairing? What are the base-pairing rules?

    Base-pairing is a property (rule) of DNA in which complementary bases will always


    pair together. The base-pairing rules state that the base A will always bind to T, and
    G will always bind to C.

    5. Who determined the double helix structure of DNA?

    James Watson and Francis Crick




    6. Which of the following lists the components of a nucleotide?
    a) a phosphate group, a deoxyribose, a nitrogen-containing base
    b) a phosphate group, a ribose, a nitrogen-containing base
    c) a nitrogen group, a deoxyribose, a phosphate-containing base
    d) a nitrogen group, a ribose, a phosphate-containing base


    7. Complete the following sentence.

    The DNA double helix has the __________ and __________ groups on the outside, and
    the __________ connecting the two strands on the inside of the helix.

    a) bases, sugar, phosphate
    b) phosphate, base, sugar
    c) sugar, phosphate, bases
    d) none of the above




    8. If one DNA strand reads ATCCCGAG, the other strand will be made up
    of the complementary bases __________.
    a) TAGGGCTG
    b) TACCCGTC
    c) TAGGGCTC
    d) ATGGGCTC



    9. Complementary bases are connected by hydrogen bonds. How many
    hydrogen bonds connect a cytosine to a guanine?
    a) 1
    b) 2
    c) 3
    d) 4



    10. Who determined the percentage of adenine (A) in the DNA always
    equaled the percentage of thymine (T), and the percentage of guanine
    (G) always equaled the percentage of cytosine (C).
    a) James Watson
    b) Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins
    c) Erwin Chargaff
    d) Gregor Mendel

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