Question

A science museum hires an interior designer to create a spiral staircase that will represent DNA. The model must be as accurate as possible, but also allow people to climb. You are asked to evaluate the model for scientific accuracy. Which of the following design suggestions would you accept?

Answer 1

B. People climbing the staircase will step on the pairs of bases.

Step-by-step explanation:

DNA is a double-stranded molecule which have helical form. These two strands are joined together by the formation of hydrogen bond between two nucleotides which is complementary to each other and are present on opposite strands of DNA.

So according to this model, the bases will act as the steps of the staircase which will help the people to climb the spiral staircase that represents the DNA. So People climbing the staircase will step on the pairs of bases is the design that I would accept.