DNA

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Highers Biology (Unit 1) Quiz on DNA, created by Paige Piper on 28/09/2016.
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Quiz by Paige Piper, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

Question
What is the basic unit of DNA?
Answer
  • Nitrogenus base
  • Nucleotide

Question 2

Question
The 3 components of a DNA nucleotide are a nitrogenous base, a phosphate and a deoxyribose sugar
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

Question
Label the DNA nucleotide Diagram
Answer
  • Nitrogenous Base
  • Phosphate
  • Deoxyribose sugar

Question 4

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What joins DNA nucleotides together?
Answer
  • Sugar Phosphate Backbone
  • Weak Hydrogen Bond
  • Strong Hydrogen Bond

Question 5

Question
What base does Adenine Join with?
Answer
  • Guanine
  • Cytosine
  • Thymine

Question 6

Question
The structure of DNA molecule is a double helix bond and the strands run "parallel" to one another
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

Question
The term anti-parallel means that each DNA strand runs anti-parallel meaning one ends in 5' [blank_start]phosphate[blank_end] and the other strand runs in a 3' [blank_start]Deoxyribose sugar[blank_end]. Each running parallel but in opposite directions.
Answer
  • Deoxyribose sugar
  • phosphate
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