1. "real" name?DNA is an acronym. What is DNA's

Deoxyribonucleic acid
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_real_name_of_the_DNA

2. What function does DNA serve?

DNA contains information that determines the characteristics of an organism and directs its cell activities.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_function_does_DNA_serve

 

3. How was DNA's shape discovered? Give me the name of three scientists who played a role in this discovery? (Hint: I'm looking for the names of two men and one woman).

Dr James Watson who, along with Professor Francis Crick, Dr Rosalind Franklin (and Professor Maurice Wilkins), discovered the double helix structure of DNA. in 1953 the info below will help too.

 Created by Rosalind Franklin using a technique called X-ray crystallography

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/06/3/l_063_01.html

 

4. DNA has nucleotide bases, what are the four bases? (Hint: C, G, T, A... what does each letter represent?)

 

A is for adenine

G is for guanine

C is for cytosine

T is for thymine

http://www.blc.arizona.edu/molecular_graphics/dna_structure/dna_tutorial.html

5. In DNA, the four base nucleotides always pair up in a certain way; which letters bond with which?

A and G

T and C

http://www.blc.arizona.edu/molecular_graphics/dna_structure/dna_tutorial.html