Each organism has a unique combination of characteristics encoded in molecules of - Correct
Answer DNA
The scientists credited with establishing the structure of DNA are: - Correct Answer Watson and
Crick
The primary function of DNA is to - Correct Answer store and transmit genetic information
It is said that a DNA molecule resembles a twisted ladder. If so, then the sides of the ladder are
formed by: - Correct Answer alternating sugar and phosphate groups
In the anology from the question above, the rungs of the ladder would be formed by: - Correct
Answer pairs of nitrogen bases
All of the following are true about the structure of DNA except: - Correct Answer short strands
of DNA are contained in chromosomes inside the nucleus of a cell.
The part of the molecule for which deoxyribonucleic acid is named is the: - Correct Answer
sugar
Purines and pyrimidines are - Correct Answer nitrogenous bases found in nucleotides
The sequence of the amino acids determines the: - Correct Answer structure and function of
the protein
The DNA of an elephant and the DNA of a cherry tree will probably differ in all of the following
except: - Correct Answer the kinds of nucleotides utilized in forming DNA
Which of the following is not a point mutation? - Correct Answer inversion
Question 13-16 are matching - Correct Answer .......
Discovered transformation in bacteria - Correct Answer Griffith
Used a blender to determine that the genetic material in bacteriophages is DNA not proteins -
Correct Answer Hershey and Chase
Proved that in a DNA molecule the amount of guanine is always equal to the amount of
Cytocine - Correct Answer Chargaff
Analyzed DNA using X-ray diffraction: - Correct Answer Wilkins and Franklin
What must occur before DNA can replicate - Correct Answer DNA helicase must seperate the
bases in the DNA molecule
The replication of DNA occurs where in the cell - Correct Answer nucleus
Which of the following is not true about DNA replication? - Correct Answer the process is
catylized by enzymes called RNA polymerase
, Exam Quizlet(Stump) ALL Questions and Correct Answers.(No short answer)
During DNA replication, a complementary strand of DNA is made for each original DNA strand.
Thus, if a portion of the original strand is GGATCGACG, then the new strand will be - Correct
Answer CCTAGCTGC
Multiple replication forks along one DNA molecule - Correct Answer reduce the time required
for DNA replication
The enzyme that joins DNA fragments after replication is: - Correct Answer DNA ligase
Damaged DNA is usually repaired by - Correct Answer enzymes
Which of the following can result from the deletion of a single nucleotide - Correct Answer
frameshift mutation
The coded information in a DNA molecule in order for RNA to be produced - Correct Answer
polypeptides
Messenger RNA is produced through the process of - Correct Answer transcription
Which enzyme unzips the DNA molecule in order for RNA to be produced - Correct Answer RNA
polymerase
Where in the cell is a molecule of mRNA produced? - Correct Answer nucleus
Once transcribed, eukaryotic RNA normally undergoes substantial alteration that results
primarily from - Correct Answer removal of introns
Where in the cell does translation occur? - Correct Answer ribosome
Which of the following nucleic acids is involved in translation - Correct Answer mRNA an tRNA
The end products of translation are - Correct Answer polypeptides
In the DNA extraction, what did we use to make the DNA out of solution so we could see it? -
Correct Answer alcohol
Mutations that change one of just a few nucleotides in a gene are called - Correct Answer point
mutations
A section of DNA that codes for one polypeptide or protein is called: - Correct Answer a gene
All protists: - Correct Answer are eukaryotes
Modern protist classification systems - Correct Answer will change as scientists learn more
about protists
WHich of the organisms is responsible for causing malaria - Correct Answer Plasmodium
An amoeba and an animal are simmilar because they are both: - Correct Answer heterotrophic