DNA & Genetics Quiz
Instructions: From DNA structure to genetic inheritance, test your recall of the fascinating world of genetics.
- 1.
What does DNA stand for?
ADeoxyribose Nucleic AcidBDinitrogen AcidCDynamic Nucleotide ArrayDDeoxyribonucleic Acid - 2.
What shape is the DNA molecule famously described as?
ASingle helixBTriple helixCFlat ladderDDouble helix - 3.
Which four bases make up DNA?
AAdenine, Uracil, Guanine, CytosineBAdenine, Thymine, Guanine, CytosineCAlanine, Thymine, Guanine, CytosineDAdenine, Thymine, Glycine, Cysteine - 4.
Who is known as the 'father of genetics'?
ACharles DarwinBGregor MendelCThomas Hunt MorganDFrancis Crick - 5.
What is a gene?
AA type of cellBA chromosomeCA type of RNADA section of DNA that codes for a protein - 6.
What are the threadlike structures in the nucleus that carry genetic information?
APlasmidsBMitochondriaCChromosomesDRibosomes - 7.
In DNA, adenine always pairs with which base?
AUracilBGuanineCCytosineDThymine - 8.
What is the term for a change in the DNA sequence?
AReplicationBTranscriptionCTranslationDMutation - 9.
What percentage of DNA do humans share with chimpanzees, approximately?
A90%B95%C98%D85% - 10.
What is the process of copying DNA called?
AMutationBTranslationCReplicationDTranscription - 11.
Whose X-ray crystallography work was crucial to discovering DNA's structure?
ABarbara McClintockBDorothy HodgkinCMarie CurieDRosalind Franklin - 12.
What is a dominant trait?
AA trait expressed when at least one copy of the gene is presentBA trait that skips generationsCA trait that requires two copies of the geneDA trait only seen in males - 13.
What technology allows scientists to edit genes with precision, often called 'genetic scissors'?
AGene therapyBPCRCGel electrophoresisDCRISPR-Cas9 - 14.
What was the name of the first cloned mammal, born in 1996?
APolly the sheepBHolly the sheepCMolly the sheepDDolly the sheep - 15.
What is the complete set of genetic material in an organism called?
APhenotypeBProteomeCGenotypeDGenome