DNA & Its Scientists

Question 0

_______ came up with the base pair rule.

Answer 0

Chargaff

Question 1

Who worked with radioactive isotopes to study viruses ?

Answer 1

Hershey/Chase

Question 2

How did Avery prove that DNA is the transforming factor?

Answer 2

He used enzymes to break down the S bacteria macromolecules

Question 3

You would find _____ hold the DNA strands together.

Answer 3

nitrogenous bases

Question 4

_____________ and _________ are the keys scientists who designed the accepted the DNA model and got the Nobel prize.

Answer 4

Watson and Crick

Question 5

DNA stands for __________________.

Answer 5

Deoxyribose nucleic acid

Question 6

In DNA, cytosine complements (binds to) _________.

Answer 6

guanine

Question 7

_________ was the scientist who worked with pneumonia discovering a transfomation passed between bacteria

Answer 7

Griffith

Question 8

The F of Mendel’s generations of peas stands for __________.

Answer 8

filial

Question 9

There is a _______ chance that if you have three kids, all will be girls

Answer 9

1/8

Question 10

The disease where you cant digest an amino acid in proteins so need a special diet is called

Answer 10

PKU

Question 11

The law of ___________ states if every trait is controlled by 2 genes, they are separated and only one of these genes is passed on to the offspring.

Answer 11

Segregation