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DNA STRUCTURE COLORING
1. Color the parts of the DNA in the diagram below
–Yellow
–Black
-Green
- Red
–Brown
–Purple
A.
B.
Identify:
A._________________
B._________________
2. Write out the full name for DNA.
3. What is a gene?
4. Where in the cell are chromosomes located?
5. DNA can be found in what organelle?
6. What two scientists established the structure of DNA?
7. What is the shape of DNA?
8. How do you know what part of the backbone of the DNA helix is sugar?
9. What sugar is found in DNA?
10. DNA is made of repeating units called
11. How do some cells become brain cells and others become skin cells, when the DNA in ALL the
cells is exactly the same. In other words, if the instructions are exactly the same, how does one cell
become a brain cell and another a skin cell?
12. Suppose the above DNA strand contains a base sequence ATTCCGACG.
a. What is the sequence of the complementary stand?
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