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Question 1

According to the central dogma, which step does DNA go through to transform its information into RNA?

Accepted Answer

Transcription

Answer

According to the central dogma, DNA undergoes transcription to convert its information into RNA.

Question 2

The microbiology class instructor discusses amoebiasis, a disease brought on by the amoeba, a unicellular organism. On the screen, a tagged image of an amoeba cell is shown. It has a nucleus along with the cytoplasm, mitochondria, and other organelles. What type of cell is an amoeba based on the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structures?

Accepted Answer

It is a eukaryotic cell because it has a nucleus that encloses the DNA and separates it from the other organelles

Answer

An amoeba is a eukaryotic cell because it has a nucleus that encloses the DNA and separates it from the other organelles.

Question 3

Which of the following four types of cells contains the most mitochondria?

Accepted Answer

Heart

Answer

Heart cells have the most mitochondria of the four cell types listed.

Question 4

Who made the discovery that DNA transforms cells?

Accepted Answer

Avery

Answer

The discovery that DNA was the transforming factor of cells was made by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty in 1944.

Question 5

Which of the following best sums up an organism's visible characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Phenotype

Answer

The observable traits of an organism are described as its phenotype..

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