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What are the building blocks of DNA?
a) nucleotides
b) monosaccharides
c) fatty acids
d) amino acids

Which is the correct pairing of nitrogen bases in DNA?
a) A-G
b) T-A
c) C-C
d) T-G

Where is DNA kept in the cell?
a) chloroplast
b) cell membrane
c) vacuole
d) nucleus

What is the name of the sugar in DNA?
a) deoxyribose
b) ribose
c) glucose
d) sucrose

What type of bond holds the DNA molecule together?
a) nitrogen
b) hydrogen
c) covalent
d) ionic

Which is NOT a shape of the DNA molecule?
a) spiral staircase
b) twisted ladder
c) double helix
d) single helix

Give the other side of DNA given GGC CCT AAG
a) GGC CCT AAG
b) TTA TTC GGC
c) CCG GGA TTC
d) CCG CCT TTC

The backbone of DNA is made of the two molecules sugar and _____
a) sulfate
b) phosphate
c) nitrogen bases
d) hydrogen bonds

A bonds with T and C bonds with ___
a) G
b) H
c) A
d) W

DNA is which type of organic compound?
a) carbohydrates
b) nucleic acids
c) proteins
d) lipids

The nitrogen bases that would pair with CCG are
a) AAT
b) CCG
c) GGC
d) TTA

Copying DNA is known as:
a) replication
b) transcription
c) translation
d) meiosis

Copying DNA occurs in the ____ phase of interphase.
a) pro-
b) G2
c) G1
d) S

Who did NOT receive the Nobel prize for the discovering the structure of DNA?
a) Franklin
b) Wilkins
c) Watson
d) Crick

Which shape represents the sugar, deoxyribose?
a) circle
b) square
c) pentagon
d) hexagon

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