Frederick Sanger — Questions and answers

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What special awards did Frederick Sanger earn two of for his amazing discoveries?

Choices

  1. A. Olympic Medals
  2. B. Nobel Prizes in Chemistry ✓
  3. C. Cooking Awards
  4. D. Gold Stars from his teacher

Answer: B. Nobel Prizes in Chemistry

From page 1

Before Frederick Sanger, what was the big mystery about proteins?

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  1. A. What color they were
  2. B. How many proteins there were in total
  3. C. The exact order of their amino acid building blocks ✓
  4. D. Where proteins came from

Answer: C. The exact order of their amino acid building blocks

From page 2

What was the very first protein that Frederick Sanger was able to fully sequence?

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  1. A. DNA
  2. B. Bovine insulin ✓
  3. C. An amino acid
  4. D. An enzyme

Answer: B. Bovine insulin

From page 3

After Watson and Crick showed what DNA looked like, what new challenge did scientists face?

Choices

  1. A. To find out what color DNA was
  2. B. To read the exact sequence of DNA's building blocks ✓
  3. C. To count all the proteins in the world
  4. D. To find new kinds of enzymes

Answer: B. To read the exact sequence of DNA's building blocks

From page 4

What was the name of the special method Frederick Sanger developed to sequence DNA?

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  1. A. The DNA building method
  2. B. The chain-termination method ✓
  3. C. The protein linking method
  4. D. The fragment counting method

Answer: B. The chain-termination method

From page 5

How many separate reaction tubes were used in the Sanger method for DNA sequencing?

Choices

  1. A. Two
  2. B. Three
  3. C. Four ✓
  4. D. Five

Answer: C. Four

From page 6

What very large project, started in 1990, was made possible by Sanger's method and new technology?

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  1. A. The Human Protein Project
  2. B. The Animal Sequencing Project
  3. C. The Human Genome Project ✓
  4. D. The DNA Discovery Project

Answer: C. The Human Genome Project

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Frederick Sanger's work is like giving science a 'dictionary and grammar' for what?

Choices

  1. A. The ability to read the molecular language of life ✓
  2. B. A new type of microscope
  3. C. A way to grow plants faster
  4. D. A formula for making gold

Answer: A. The ability to read the molecular language of life

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