DNA Worksheet

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DNA & Replication Worksheet
1. Write out the complete name for DNA: __________________________________________
2. A nucleotide is made of three parts: a ___________________ group, a five carbon

__________________, and a nitrogen containing _____________________. Label
these three parts on the diagram to the right:
3. In a single strand of DNA, the phosphate group binds to the __________________

of the next group.
4. The 5' end of a single DNA strand contains a free __________________, while the 3' end contains a free
__________________________.
5. DNA was not thought to be the genetic blueprint originally; instead many scientists hypothesized that
_______________________ contained the genetic code and blueprint of life. (They were later proven
wrong.)
6. Purines have _________ rings, and pyrimidines have ____________ ring.
7. Check each of the following statements that are true with regard to Griffith's experiments.
______ Griffith discovered transformation in bacteria.
______ Mice injected with non-encapsulated bacteria quickly became sick and died.
______ Encapsulated bacteria can become "naked" bacteria.
______ Bacteria that are naked tend to be harmless.
______ Naked bacteria can develop a capsule only after exposure to the DNA of encapsulated bacteria.
______ Griffith's transforming factor was the protein in the capsule.
______ Heating the encapsulated bacteria preventing transformation of the naked variety.
______ Transformation allows bacteria to acquire new genes.
______ Enzymes that destroyed DNA would prevent transformation.
8. Check each of the following statements that are true with regard to the Hershey-Chase experiment.
_______ DNA was labeled with radioactive phosphorous.
_______ Protein was not labeled.
_______ Radioactive sulfur was found in the offspring phages after they emerged from the cell.
_______ Phage proteins were not transmitted to host cell or to offspring.
9. Chargaff's rule states that the DNA of any species contains equal amounts of __________________ &
____________ and also equal amounts of __________________ & ____________________
10. Wilkins and Franklin studied the structure of DNA using _________________________ and determined
that the shape of the molecule was a __________________
11. James Watson and Francis Crick amended Franklin and Wilkin's conclusions and determined that the shape of
the molecule was instead a _________________ __________________
12. Name the scientist(s) responsible for each of the following discoveries.
_____________________________________ Bacterial transformation
_____________________________________ The base-pair rule
_____________________________________ DNA was the hereditary material of viruses
_____________________________________ The shape of DNA was a helix
_____________________________________ The shape of DNA was a double helix
13. In DNA, thymine is complementary to ________________ ; cytosine is complementary to _____________

14. In a strand of DNA, the percentage of thymine is 30%. What is the percentage of cytosine in the same DNA
strand? _________________
15. The figure below shows DNA replicating. In the space provided, describe what is occurring.
16. Number the steps of DNA replication in the correct order (1, 2, 3)
_______ Daughter strands are formed using complementary base pairing.
_______ DNA unwinds
_______ The DNA of the daughter strands winds with together with its parent strand.
17. Why is DNA replication called "semi-conservative"? __________________________________________
18. What enzyme unwinds or unzips the parent strand? ________________
19. What enzyme binds fragments of DNA on the lagging strand? ______________________
20. DNA polymerase only travels in the ________ to _________ direction.
21. On the diagram:

Label the 3' and 5' ends.
Circle a nucleotide.
Label the sugar and phosphate.
Label the bases that are not already labeled
22. The two sides of the DNA helix are held together by
________________________
23. In your own words, explain why the discovery that DNA was
the molecule of heredity was an important discovery.

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DNA & Replication Worksheet

1. Write out the complete name for DNA: __________________________________________

2. A nucleotide is made of three parts: a ___________________ group, a five carbon

3. In a single strand of DNA, the phosphate group binds to the __________________

6. Purines have _ rings, and pyrimidines have ____ ring.

13. In DNA, thymine is complementary to ____ ; cytosine is complementary to _

17. Why is DNA replication called "semi-conservative"? __________________________________________

18. What enzyme unwinds or unzips the parent strand? ________________

20. DNA polymerase only travels in the to _ direction.

21. On the diagram:

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