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The document is a DNA replication worksheet that contains questions about the process of DNA replication. It includes a diagram of DNA strands being replicated and questions about the parent and newly synthesized strands, the nucleotides being added, hydrogen bonds, DNA polymerase, the steps in replication, and related concepts like transcription and translation.

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Worksheet - DNA Replication Worksheet2

The document is a DNA replication worksheet that contains questions about the process of DNA replication. It includes a diagram of DNA strands being replicated and questions about the parent and newly synthesized strands, the nucleotides being added, hydrogen bonds, DNA polymerase, the steps in replication, and related concepts like transcription and translation.

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Name ______________________________________ Date ______________ Class __________

DNA Replication Worksheet

Use the diagram to answer the questions to the right.

1. Which of the labeled DNA strands are the parent strands? ____________

2. Which of the labeled strands are newly synthesized DNA? ___________

3. What nucleotide will be added to strand B next? ___________

4. What nucleotide will be added to strand C next? ___________

5. What holds the bases in strands A and B together? ___________

6. What holds the backbone of strand A together? ___________

The diagrams below show the steps of DNA replication. Put the steps in order (1-3).

7. __________________ 8. __________________ 9. ___________________

10. What is the first step in DNA replication? ______________________________________________________


__________________________________________________________________________________________.

11. What enzyme matches the bases of free nucleotides to the bases on the parent strand?
______________________________________________

12. If the DNA double helix were a twisted ladder, what would the sides of the ladder be made of?
______________________________________________________________

13. What would the rungs of the ladder be made of? ______________________________________________

Complete the table below.

NUCLEOTIDE BASE ABBREVIATION COMPLEMENTARY BASE


14. T 18.
15. C 19.
16. A 20.
17. G 21.
22. The three main types of RNA are ____________________, _____________________, and ______________.

23. Copying part of a nucleotide sequence of DNA into a complementary sequence in RNA is called
_________________________________.

24. An enzyme that binds to DNA during transcription is RNA _____________________________.

25. During the process of __________________________, the information carried by mRNA is used to
produce proteins.

26. Each tRNA molecule contains three unpaired bases, called the ___________________________, which
ensure that amino acids are added in the correct sequence.

27. How are DNA and RNA similar and how are the different? ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Completion Choose the words that correctly complete the following sentences.

28. During DNA replication, the DNA molecule __________________ (separates/combines) into two strands.

29. At the end of DNA replication, ______________________ (four/two) new strands of DNA have been
produced, giving a total of ___________________ (four/six) strands of DNA.

30. New DNA is replicated in strands complementary to old DNA because production of new DNA follows
the rules of ___________________________ (base pairing/the double helix).

Identifying Structures On the lines corresponding to the numbers on the diagram, write whether the strand
pointed to is an ORIGINAL strand or a NEW strand.

32.
31.
31. ____________________________

32. ____________________________

33. ____________________________

34. ____________________________

33.
34.

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