Name: ______________________________________________
DNA Replication Animation
Date: __________________
Directions: Go to the following web address, which is located on my website also(http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072943696/student_view0/chapter3/animation__dna_r
eplication__quiz_1_.html) to
1) introduce yourself to DNA replication and
2) answer the following questions regarding DNA replication.
1. Where does DNA replication begin?
2. What does the enzyme Helicase do?
3. What do the Single Stranded Binding Proteins do?
4. Which protein or enzyme adds nucleotides in order to construct a new strand of DNA?
5. What role does the RNA Primer have in the replication of DNA?
6. How are continuous strands of DNA and discontinuous strands of DNA made differently?
7. Circle which DNA strand- continuous or discontinuous- uses more RNA primers in the replication
of a DNA molecule of the same length.
8. What are Okazaki fragments?
Linking Questions not specifically addressed through animation.
9. Which phase of the cell cycle does DNA Replication occur?
10. Knowing about the replication process, generate a hypothesis to explain how blackberries and
humans are different genetically, even when the structure of DNA for each is identical.