| A | B |
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| The shape of the DNA molecule; like a spiral staircase | Double Helix |
| The building blocks of Nucleic Acids | Nucleotides |
| DNA stands for | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| Three parts of a Nucleotide | Phosphate , sugar, and nitrogen base |
| The five carbon sugar in DNA | Deoxyribose |
| The four nitrogen bases in DNA | Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine |
| Process that makes a copy of DNA | DNA Replication |
| The "sides" of the DNA "ladder" are made of | Sugars and Phosphates |
| The "rungs" of the DNA "ladder" are made of | Nitrogen Bases |
| Which nitrogen base pairs with Adenine? | Thymine |
| Which nitrogen base pairs with Cytosine | Guanine |
| Enyzme that breaks the hydrogen bonds between nitrogen bases | DNA Helicase |
| Enzyme that adds nucleotides to form the two new Double Helixes | DNA Polymerase |
| What is the complementary strand of this DNA molecule? TACGGCTTACCGTTA | ATGCCGAATGGCAAT |
| Who discovered the 3D structure of the DNA double helix? | Watson and Crick |
| Who discovered that A=T and C=G in DNA? | Chargaff |
| Who used x-rays to discover that a DNA molecule resembled a tightly coiled helix? | Franklin and Wilkins |
| Where is DNA found in a cell? | Nucleus |
