Name:________________________
Date:________________________
DNA Crossword Puzzle
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Possible Answers:
Adenine, Cytosine, Deoxyribose, Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, Double Helix, Genetic, Guanine, messenger, Nitrogen,
Nucleotide, Phosphate, Protein, RosalindFranklin, Thymine, Uracil, WatsonandCrick
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3 - Guanine pairs with this nucleotide
4 - T - Pairs with this nucleotide
6 - This replaces Thymine on RNA
9 - ______________ backbone
10 - ______________ base attaches to the 5
carbon sugar.
12 - Each unit of DNA is called a
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13 - This is the 5-carbon sugar
14 - A - Pairs with this nucleotide
15 - DNA has the information for our cells to make
_______________
16 - Used X-Rays to take a picture of DNA
1 - This is the acronym for DNA
2 - Cytosine pairs with this nucleotide
5 - The shape of DNA is called the
________________
7 - These two (1953) discovered the structure of
DNA (__________and____________)
8 - DNA is a molecule that contains
______________ information
11 - This is the m in mRNA that through translation
has makes proteins
Name:________________________
Date:________________________
DNA Crossword Puzzle
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Adenine, Cytosine, Deoxyribose, Deoxyribose
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