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Bio 6A/C - DNA Components and Changes/Mutations (Part 2 - Ch. 9 HOLT Biology)

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Griffith’s experiments showed that
a.
dead bacteria could be brought back to life.
b.
harmful bacteria were hardier than harmless bacteria.
c.
heat caused the harmful and harmless varieties of bacteria to fuse.
d.
genetic material could be transferred between dead bacteria and living bacteria.
 

 2. 

Avery’s experiments showed that transformation
a.
is prevented by protein-destroying enzymes.
b.
is prevented by DNA-destroying enzymes.
c.
causes protein to become DNA.
d.
is caused by a protein.
 

 3. 

Using radioactive tracers to determine the interactions of bacteriophages and their host bacteria, Hershey and Chase demonstrated without question that
a.
genes are composed of protein molecules.
b.
DNA and proteins are actually the same molecules located in different parts of cells.
c.
bacteria inject their DNA into the cytoplasm of bacteriophages.
d.
DNA is the molecule that stores genetic information in cells.
 

 4. 

The scientist who worked with Martha Chase to prove that genetic material is composed of DNA was
a.
Alfred Hershey.
c.
Francis Crick.
b.
Oswald Avery.
d.
Rosalind Franklin.
 

 5. 

Molecules of DNA are composed of long chains of
a.
amino acids.
c.
monosaccharides.
b.
fatty acids.
d.
nucleotides.
 

 6. 

Which of the following is not part of a molecule of DNA?
a.
deoxyribose
c.
phosphate
b.
nitrogen base
d.
ribose
 

 7. 

The part of the molecule for which deoxyribonucleic acid is named is the
a.
phosphate group.
c.
nitrogen base.
b.
sugar.
d.
None of the above
 
 
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 8. 

The entire molecule shown in the diagram above is called a(n)
a.
amino acid.
c.
polysaccharide.
b.
nucleotide.
d.
pyrimidine.
 

 9. 

Purines and pyrimidines are
a.
nitrogen bases found in amino acids.
b.
able to replace phosphate groups from defective DNA.
c.
names of specific types of DNA molecules.
d.
classification groups for nitrogen bases.
 

 10. 

Of the four nitrogen bases in DNA, which two are purines and which two are pyrimidines?
a.
adenine—thymine; uracil—cytosine
b.
adenine—thymine; guanine—cytosine
c.
adenine—guanine; thymine—cytosine
d.
uracil—thymine; guanine—cytosine
 

 11. 

Watson and Crick built models that demonstrated that
a.
DNA and RNA have the same structure.
b.
DNA is made of two strands that twist into a double helix.
c.
guanine forms hydrogen bonds with adenine.
d.
thymine forms hydrogen bonds with cytosine.
 

 12. 

Watson and Crick : DNA
a.
Avery : nucleotides
c.
Wilkins and Franklin : DNA
b.
Hershey and Chase : protein
d.
Chargaff : X rays
 

 13. 

The amount of guanine in an organism always equals the amount of
a.
protein.
c.
adenine.
b.
thymine.
d.
cytosine.
 

 14. 

During DNA replication, a complementary strand of DNA is made for each original DNA strand. Thus, if a portion of the original strand is CCTAGCT, then the new strand will be
a.
TTGCATG.
c.
CCTAGCT.
b.
AAGTATC.
d.
GGATCGA.
 

 15. 

The enzymes that unwind DNA are called
a.
double helixes.
c.
forks.
b.
DNA helicases.
d.
phages.
 



 
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