Assessment 1 (B1.2a/b)

Question 1

What are chromosomes?

Answer 1

Long molecules of DNA

Found in the nucleus of a cell

Question 2

Describe DNA being made up of two strands forming a double helix

Answer 2

DNA is made up of two polymer strands

wrapping around each other to form a double helix

Question 3

Describe DNA as a polymer

Answer 3

Polymers are large complex molecules
DNA is a polymer made up of nucleotide monomers