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In a DNA molecule, which of the
following bases would pair together?
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A: thymine and
adenine
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C: thymine and
guanine
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B: adenine and
cytosine
D: cytosine and
thymine
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Watson and Crick
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A: studied the amount
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B: made models to determine
of each base in DNA
C: took x-ray
pictures of DNA
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the structure of DNA
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D: discovered that genes
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were located on the
chromosome
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The code given for a given amino
acid consists of ____ base(s).
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A: 1
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B: 2
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C: 3
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D: 4
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A gene is
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A: a set of instructions
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for each trait
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to make a protein
C: a portion of a strand
of DNA
B: instructions on how
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D: all of the above
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In incomplete dominance,
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A: a single gene
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B: each allele for a trait
controls many traits
has its own degree of
influence
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C: genes for a trait
are all recessive
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D: the environment
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controls the genes
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Which materials make up each
nucleotide in a DNA molecule?
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A: a sugar, a phosphate
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B: chromosomes
and genes
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D: an amino acid, a
and a nitrogen base
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C: a gene, an allele
and a trait
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base and a protein
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The complementary strand to the
DNA sequence TAGTCA would be
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A: ATGAGT
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B: ATCAGT
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C: GACAGT
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D: GTAGAT
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Chemist Rosalind Franklin was able
to ____ using X-ray diffraction.
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A: create images
of DNA molecules
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C: make a model
of DNA
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B: splice DNA
D: calculate the number
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of genes on DNA
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In a DNA strand, the sides of the
“ladder” are made of
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A: phosphate
molecules
C: alternating sugar and
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B: sugar molecules
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phosphate molecules
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D: nucleotide
bases
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An original base sequence of DNA,
AAACCCGGG, changes to
AAACACCGGG. This mutation is
known as
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A: omission
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C: substitution
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B: deletion
D: insertion
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In a pedigree, squares represent
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A: males
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C: adults
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B: females
D: children
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At the end of the replication process,
each of the two new DNA molecules
is composed of
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A: two original
strands
C: one new and one
original strand
B: three new
strands of DNA
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D: two new DNA
strands
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Chargaff’s rules are represented as
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A: A=C and T=G
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B: A=G and T=C
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C: T=C and G=A
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D: A=T and G=C
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The human body contains 50,000
different kinds of _____, which are
made of amino acids.
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A: bases
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C: genes
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B: proteins
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D: traits
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A single gene
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A: affects only one
trait
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C: may affect more
than one trait
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B: always affects
multiple traits
D: has no affect on the
organism carrying the gene
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