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Know These Facts About DNA!

5th - 12th grades
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1 Question
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Paternity DNA tests compare DNA between a __________ and child.


Father

Mother

Grandmother

2 Question
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DNA and RNA are the two types of nucleic acids the code for genetic information.


True

False

3 Question
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A ________ chromosome anywhere between 50 million and 250 million base pairs.


Triple

Double

Single

4 Question
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Forensics DNA testing looks at _________ specific segments of DNA.


11

13

15

5 Question
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The human genome contains 30 million base pairs of DNA.


True

False

6 Question
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How many chromosome pairs make up the human genome?


23

24

12

7 Question
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Your genes could influence your choice of partner.


True

False

8 Question
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The molecular structure of DNA was first discovered by which two of the following?


Isaac Newton and Rachel Carson

James Watson and Francis Crick

9 Question
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When was the first complete nucleotide sequence of a genome sequenced?


1995

2007

1976

10 Question
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Genomic characterization of tumors for diseases like ESCC is likely to reveal additional oncogenic mechanisms. What is ESSC?


Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Esophageal squamous cell cancer

Esophageal Stage III cell carcinoma

11 Question
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The DNA molecule is held together by:


Magnetism

Glucose

Glue

Hydrogen bonds

12 Question
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DNA is called the "blueprint of life" because:


It is like a fingerprint

It has a blue color

It contains the plans for building an organism

It can relay messages to other molecules

13 Question
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RNA differs from DNA in that:


It has a different kind of sugar

It is single stranded

It has uracil

All of these

14 Question
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The twisted ladder shape of DNA is called a:


Hydrogen twist

Double helix

Deoxyribose flip

Double membrane

15 Question
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The process by which DNA makes a copy of itself is called:


Replication

Synthesis

Transcription

Translation