Name:______________________________Period:__________Date:_______________
Explore DNA Web Interactive
Part 1. What is DNA? http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/dna/
1. Where is DNA found in our cell? N_______________
2. What does DNA stand for? D_________________N__________________
3. What is the function of DNA?
4. What is the shape of DNA called? D_____________ H_____________
5. In the rung/bases of the ladder A pairs with__________ and C pairs with___________
6. Look at the diagram, what is the name of the bond that holds the A, T, G, and C together?
H__________ Bond
7. The code letter stands for: A= _____________, T=_____________, C=______________,
G=_______________
8. What does the “genes” do?
Part 2 DNA Replication-Base pairing rules
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/dna_double_helix/dnahelix.html
Direction: Read the introduction to the game then play the game and answer the questions below
1. Complete the bases pairing for the complementary strand of the DNA below
ATC GGA TCA GAC TAT CGC TAC CAT GGG TTA
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Part 3 Scientists and Discovery of DNA Timeline (Direction: Look thorough the time line and answer the questions)
1. What was the discovery that Rosalind Franklin made in 1952?
2. What was the discovery that Watson and Crick made in 1953?