Name:________________________

Date:________________________

DNA Crossword Puzzle

Possible Answers:

Adenine, Cytosine, Deoxyribose, Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, Double Helix, Genetic, Guanine, messenger, Nitrogen,
Nucleotide, Phosphate, Protein, RosalindFranklin, Thymine, Uracil, WatsonandCrick

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Across:
3 - Guanine pairs with this nucleotide
4 - T - Pairs with this nucleotide
6 - This replaces Thymine on RNA
9 - ______________ backbone
10 - ______________ base attaches to the 5
carbon sugar.
12 - Each unit of DNA is called a
_________________
13 - This is the 5-carbon sugar
14 - A - Pairs with this nucleotide
15 - DNA has the information for our cells to make
_______________
16 - Used X-Rays to take a picture of DNA
Down:
1 - This is the acronym for DNA
2 - Cytosine pairs with this nucleotide
5 - The shape of DNA is called the
________________
7 - These two (1953) discovered the structure of
DNA (__________and____________)
8 - DNA is a molecule that contains
______________ information
11 - This is the m in mRNA that through translation
has makes proteins
 Name:________________________
Date:________________________

DNA Crossword Puzzle

1
D
2
E G
O U
X A
3 4
C Y T O S I N E A 5D E N I N E
R I O
6
I N U R A C I L
B E B
O L
7
S E W 8G
9
E P H O S P H A T E
10
N I T R O G E N E T N
11
U M L S E
12
C N U C L E O T I D E O T
L S X N I
13
D E O X Y R I B O S E A C
I E N
14
C T H Y M I N E D
A G C
C E R
15
I P R O T E I N I
D C
16
R O S A L I N D F R A N K L I N
Possible Answers:

Adenine, Cytosine, Deoxyribose, Deoxyribose

Nucleic Acid, Double Helix, Genetic, Guanine,
messenger, Nitrogen, Nucleotide, Phosphate,
Protein, RosalindFranklin, Thymine, Uracil,
WatsonandCrick