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Hour ______Date ______
Write the answers to the following questions on the blanks. For a point of extra credit, you can also find the words in the wordsearch below.
1. DNA contains information in the
2. DNA looks like a twisted ladder called a______
3. The building blocks of DNA are______
4. What does DNA stand for ______
5. What the rungs are made of ______
6. The sides of the of the double helix are made up of ______bonds
7. When weak bonds break apart it is called ______
8. Bases that join together in specific pairs are called
9. Adenine matches up with ______and guanine matches up with ______
10. DNA is found in the nucleus as part of the ______
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N H R E R S E S A B F O E C N E U Q E S
G K I W D J G D A R A U G C J P E O B R
R M A V N I A Q F M E I H J X J X J W Z
T T P W N X T G Q D Q R P P M Y X K K H
O C Y T A S X O V G O S R Y R Z F K L U
J W R M M T W B E M T U D I J S A R G B
F N A H H X E N O L F D B A I C Z H G Q
V G T A H E U S P Z C O M L S A X M J H
H J N K M E O U V X N U S E E A C Y W U
V E E N O M O M B U E K N L Y H Y S F R
B S M S E A X E C J W V Q C J V E L G Q
B O E S O O V L S X A P K I E P N L N L
D X L U U Y E O N M O O J N E N I U I D
L C P I Q I Z D J F I M I P K Y S T P X
H O M K C V E S A X A M G S K Z O E P Q
U W O A X T R U U L Y P O H L J T S I B
L U C T C P A Y F H M N Z N D G Y Y Z M
E I E M N F Z S T R O N G B U Y C A N N
D C M F T J J Z X T V H L Z Y R Y J U H
1. What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?
2. The double helix has how many sides and what are in them?
3. Would a Dinosaur’s blood cell have enough DNA to make a whole Dinosaur? Explain
4. Name the 2 men that won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA.
5. What is DNA replication? When does it happen? Where does it happen?
6. Draw and label a nucleotide.
Complete the double helix:
T T G C A G G C G A T A A T G C A
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A C G A A T T A G C A G G T T C G
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C G A A T T C G C A C T T A C G
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T G G A C T T C A T C A T T C A A G
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Complete the following DNA Model:
A. Beneath each base write its name.
B. Label phosphate group
Deoxyribose sugar
Base
Strong bond
Weak bond
C. Circle a nucleotide