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Chapter 12 & 13. DNA and RNA. 1. The role of DNA is to ___. A. Store, copy and create heredity information B. Copy, modify and transmit heredity information C. Store, copy and transmit heredity information. 2. What is a bacteriophage ? A. A bacteria B. A virus C. a plant. 3.
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Chapter 12 & 13 DNA and RNA
1 • The role of DNA is to ___. • A. Store, copy and create heredity information • B. Copy, modify and transmit heredity information • C. Store, copy and transmit heredity information
2 • What is a bacteriophage? • A. A bacteria • B. A virus • C. a plant
3 • DNA is made up of ________ joined into long strands or chains by covalent bonds. • A. nucleotides • B. amino acids • C. lipids
4 • DNA as found by Watson and Crick has a _____________ shape. • A. circular • B. linear • C. double-helix
5 • According to Chargaff’s rule of base pairing and how DNA is held together, ___ pairs with Guanine and ____ pairs with Thymine. • A. Cytosine; Adenine • B. Adenine ; Cytosine
6 • _____________ is an enzyme that joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA. • A. DNA replicator • B. DNA polymerase • C. DNA polymer
7 • Replication in most _________ cells starts form a single point and proceeds in two directions until the entire chromosome is copied. • A. Prokaryote • B. Eukaryote
8 • The main differences between RNA and DNA are that (1) the sugar in RNA is ____ ; (2) RNA is generally ______-stranded; (3) RNA contains __________. • A. ribose; double; uracil • B. ribose; single; thymine • C. ribose; single; uracil
9 • In ____________, segments of DNA serve as templates to produce complementary RNA molecules. • A. Transcription • B. Translation • C. Replication
10 • The genetic code is read ____ “letters” at a time, so that each “word” is ____ bases long and corresponds to a single amino acid. • A. one • B. two • C. three
11 • Ribosomes use the sequence of ______ to assemble amino acids into a polypeptide chain. • A. mRNA • B. rRNA • C. tRNA
12 • The central dogma of molecular biology is that information is transferred from ________. • A. RNA to DNA to protein • B. protein to DNA to RNA • C. DNA to RNA to protein