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1. Using the base-pair rules, complete the following table to show the percentage of each type of
base in the five different organisms

Organisms Percentage of each type of base

Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine
Organisms X 17
Organisms Y 27
Organisms Z 28
Organisms W 32
Organisms Q 31

2. What is happening to the DNA molecule in the figure? (Explain the first step in DNA replication)

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3. What happens to the DNA molecule during the second step

of DNA replication?

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 4. What happens during the third step of DNA replication?
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5. Place the steps of DNA replication in the correct order.

A. ____ The enzyme DNA polymerase moves along the exposed strands and adds
complementary nucleotides to each nucleotide in each existing strand.
B. ____ The DNA double helix breaks or unzips down the middle between the base pairs.
C. ____ A complementary strand is created for each of the two strands of the original
double helix.
D. ____ Two new identical DNA molecules have been produced

TRUE OR FALSE
6. (True or False) The process of DNA replication results in a copy of the original DNA
molecule. ________
7. (True or False) DNA does not have to break apart to be copied. _________

8. (True or False) After DNA replication is complete, there are two new DNA molecules;
one molecule has both of the original strands and one molecule has two new strands of
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9. In DNA replication:
A. each new single helix is composed of 50 percent protein and 50 percent DNA protein.
B. each new triple helix is composed of one old DNA strand and two new DNA strands.
C. each new double helix is composed of one old protein strand and one new protein
strand.
D. each new double helix is composed of one old DNA strand and one new DNA strand.