Glencoe Biology

Section 2: Replication of DNA

Self-Check Quizzes

1.
The enzyme ____ catalyzes the addition of nucleotides to the DNA strand.
A)uracil
B)adenine
C)DNA polymerase
D)segmental ligase
2.
What are the small segments synthesized in the lagging strand of DNA?
A)ligases
B)adenines
C)Okazaki fragments
D)helixes
3.
What type of bonds are broken during the unwinding stage of replication?
A)hydrogen in bases
B)hydrogen in polymerase
C)sulfur in ligase
D)carbon
4.
What difference in eukaryotic and prokaryotic replication is shown here?
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A)Prokaryotes do not replicate their DNA.
B)Prokaryotic replication occurs at multiple origins.
C)Eukaryotic replication occurs in only one direction.
D)Eukaryotic replication occurs at multiple origins.
5.
What genetic process is shown here?
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A)RNA replication
B)semiconservative replication
C)parent strand mutation
D)meiosis
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