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PBS Unit 1.2 DNA Analysis Vocab
Test Description: Linked to PLTW 1.2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A component of nucleic acids, energy-carrying molecules such as ATP, and certain coenzymes. Chemically, it is a purine base. Pairs with thymine in DNA.
A
Thymine
B
Guanine
C
Adenine
D
Cytosine
2) Any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material.
A
Chromosome
B
Gene
C
Nucleic acid
D
Nucleus
3) A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. Pairs with Guanine in DNA.
A
Thymine
B
Adenine
C
Cytosine
D
Guanine
4) A double-stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule capable of replicating and determining the inherited structure of a cell’s proteins.
A
RNA
B
NDA
C
DNA
D
NRA
5) The separation of nucleic acids or proteins, on the basis of their size and electrical charge, by measuring their rate of movement through an electrical field in a gel.
A
Gel electrophoresis
B
Polymerase Chain Reaction
C
Restriction enzyme
D
DNA Extraction
6) A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses).
A
Chromosome
B
Nucleus
C
Gene
D
DNA
7) A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a purine base. It pairs with cytosine in DNA.
A
Cytosine
B
Thymine
C
Adenine
D
Guanine
8) Something spiral in form.
A
Polygon
B
Pentagon
C
Circle
D
Helix
9) A simplified version of something complex used, for example, to analyze and solve problems or make predictions.
A
Experiment
B
Figurine
C
Scientific method
D
Model
10) A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.
A
Nucleus
B
Nucleotide
C
Chromosome
D
Gene
11) A degradative enzyme that recognizes specific nucleotide sequences and cuts up DNA.
A
Polymerase chain reaction
B
DNA extraction
C
Gel electrophoresis
D
Restriction enzyme
12) Differences in DNA sequence on homologous chromosomes that can result in different patterns of restriction fragment lengths (DNA segments resulting from treatment with restriction enzymes).
A
PRFL
B
RLPF
C
PLFR
D
RFLP
13) A component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. It pairs with adenine in DNA.
A
Thymine
B
Guanine
C
Cytosine
D
Adenine
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