Which is a part of the DNA that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous gas?
DNA
nucleotide
base
mutation
2. Multiple Choice
40 seconds
1 pt
Which is a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live?
DNA
nucleotide
base
mutation
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which are the 4 DNA bases?
RNA, adenine, thymine, guanine
uracil, adenine, guanine, thymine,
adenine, thymine, cytosine guanine
RNA, DNA, ribosome, protein
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Each molecule of DNA consists of smaller segments called genes.
True
False
True and False
What's a molecule?
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
These long molecules carry out most cell functions.
DNA
RNA
Amino Acids
Proteins
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
These molecules are made up of amino acids.
proteins
bases
ribosomes
nucleii
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
This is a change in the DNA sequence of a gene.
change
mutation
bond
tomorrow
8. Multiple Choice
50 seconds
1 pt
1. The DNA unwinds. 2. The bonds between the nucleotides breaks. 3. The info. is converted from DNA to RNA. 4. The mRNA carries the code from the DNA in the cell's nucleus to the parts of the cells that make the proteins. What is this process?
Genes are being created.
Mutations are occuring.
DNA is being copied.
Too many things.
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How many nucleotides in DNA or mRNA code for a specific amino acid?
1
2
3
4
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What are the three adjacent nucleotides in DNA or mRNA that code for amino acids called?
codon
transcription
translation
replication
11. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
In a DNA molecule, which of the following bases pair together?
adenine and cytosine
thymine and adenine
thymine and guanine
cytosine and thymine
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A gene can be all of the following EXCEPT
a set of instructions for a trait
a complete chromosome
instructions for making a protein
a portion of a strand of DNA
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following statements about DNA is NOT true?