Intro to Nucleic Acids

Multiple Choice

All organic compounds contain the element

• carbon

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

• sulfur

Multiple Choice

What is are the building blocks of nucleic acids?

• Glue

• Carbon

• Nucleotides

• Lipids

Multiple Choice

What makes up the backbone of the DNA molecule?

• Nitrogenous bases

• Sugar and Phosphate

• Just sugar

• Just phosphate

Multiple Choice

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

Multiple Choice

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

Multiple Choice

Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?

• C-A, T-G

• A-G, C-T

• C-G, U-A

• T-A, G-C

Multiple Choice

Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?

• nitrogenous base

• nucleic acid

• cholesterol

• fatty acid

Multiple Choice

Why is DNA important?

• It stores genetic material

• It is not important

• It has instructions for mutations

• It is the same for all living things

Multiple Choice

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, protein