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Quiz about Its in the Genes
Quiz about Its in the Genes

It's in the Genes... Trivia Quiz


This is not for the faint of heart. It's meant to be difficult, so you now have advance warning. :)

A multiple-choice quiz by ixion. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
ixion
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
5,576
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 20
Plays
3422
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Question 1 of 20
1. Adenine is a kind of what? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. How many types of bases are there? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Which of the following is NOT a nucleic acid? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. What does the 'm' in mRNA stand for?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 20
5. Linus Pauling worked on discovering the true structure of DNA. What did he theorize about its structure? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. What is considered the native form of DNA? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. Which of the following is not a valid nucleic pairing? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Whose rules dictate that there are an equal numbers of adenine and thymine residues and equal numbers of guanine and cytosine residues in DNA? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. In what year did James Watson and Francis Crick determine that the structure of DNA was a double helix? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Which of the following is not a pyrimidine? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. In what direction does DNA replication run smoothly? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. How many bases make up a codon? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What does a codon code for? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. Three codons are known as nonsense codons because they do not code for a specific amino acid. Which of the following is not a name of a nonsense codon? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. You have two heterozygous peas for the green color (the recessive trait is yellow). What percentage of the progeny will be yellow? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. What term refers to the physical appearance of a genetic trait? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. What causes the formation of Okazaki fragments? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Who is considered the Father of Modern Genetics (Last name only)?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 19 of 20
19. What part of DNA corresponds to 'useless' coding? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Which of the following is a point mutation? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Adenine is a kind of what?

Answer: base

2. How many types of bases are there?

Answer: five

adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil
3. Which of the following is NOT a nucleic acid?

Answer: TCA

4. What does the 'm' in mRNA stand for?

Answer: messenger

5. Linus Pauling worked on discovering the true structure of DNA. What did he theorize about its structure?

Answer: DNA is a triple helix

Yes, he was mistaken.
6. What is considered the native form of DNA?

Answer: B-DNA

While both A- and B-DNA are right-handed helices, B-DNA was chosen to represent the native form of DNA by virtue of its X-ray pattern resembling that of DNA in intact sperm heads. Z-DNA is a left-handed helix.
7. Which of the following is not a valid nucleic pairing?

Answer: A=C

8. Whose rules dictate that there are an equal numbers of adenine and thymine residues and equal numbers of guanine and cytosine residues in DNA?

Answer: Chargaff's

Erwin Chargaff never fully understood the significance of this revelation when he discovered them in the late 1940s.
9. In what year did James Watson and Francis Crick determine that the structure of DNA was a double helix?

Answer: 1953

10. Which of the following is not a pyrimidine?

Answer: guanine

Adenine and guanine are purines, which are larger than pyrimidines.
11. In what direction does DNA replication run smoothly?

Answer: 5' to 3'

12. How many bases make up a codon?

Answer: three

13. What does a codon code for?

Answer: amino acids

There are 20 amino acids encoded by sixty-one codons.
14. Three codons are known as nonsense codons because they do not code for a specific amino acid. Which of the following is not a name of a nonsense codon?

Answer: onyx

The names came about as the result of a laboratory joke: The German word for amber is Bernstein, who was one of the researchers who helped discover amber {mutations;} ochre and opal were obvious puns.
15. You have two heterozygous peas for the green color (the recessive trait is yellow). What percentage of the progeny will be yellow?

Answer: 25 percent

16. What term refers to the physical appearance of a genetic trait?

Answer: phenotype

17. What causes the formation of Okazaki fragments?

Answer: replication in the 3' to 5' direction

18. Who is considered the Father of Modern Genetics (Last name only)?

Answer: Mendel

Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk whose work with peas were a nearly a century ahead of his time.
19. What part of DNA corresponds to 'useless' coding?

Answer: introns

The exons that code for proteins are often separated from one another by large introns as the complexity of the organism increases.
20. Which of the following is a point mutation?

Answer: transition

Transitions and transversions are point mutations based on the fact that one base pair replaces another. Insertion and deletion mutations occur when pairs are inserted or deleted from DNA.
Source: Author ixion

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