DNA vs RNA

Which of the following is FALSE about RNA?

• RNA is a single helix

• RNA comprises of a ribose sugar

• RNA bases are: thymine, adenine, cytosine, guanine

• RNA can be found both inside and outside of the nucleus

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Which of the following is FALSE about DNA and RNA?

• DNA & RNA are nucleic acids

• RNA is made up of nucleotide monomers

• DNA is found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells

• RNA is a double helix

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Which nitrogenous bases are found in RNA?

• cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine

• cytosine, adenine, thymine, uracil

• adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine

• thymine, adenine, uracil, cytosine

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What type of sugar is found in RNA?

• deoxyribose

• ribose

• glucose

• sucrose

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Which is TRUE about RNA.....

• It can be found in the nucleus and cytoplasm

• It uses the following 4 bases: cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil

• It is a double helix

• It contains the same sugar as DNA

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RNA and DNA are similar in that....

• they both comprise of the 5 nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil

• they are both double helixes

• they both contain ribose sugar

• they both contain a phosphate group

Answer explanation

Betty was looking at a nucleic acid and noticed the following:

it was a double helix, it had the bases thymine, adenine, cytosine, guanine, and it had a 5 carbon sugar. The nucleic acid was...

• DNA

• RNA

• could have been either DNA or RNA

• there was not enough information to tell which nucleic acid it was

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In RNA which base replaces which?

• U replaces T

• U replaces G

• U replaces A

• U replaces C

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What would be the complimentary strand to the DNA strand with the following sequence:

TAC GAA

• AUG CUU

• ATG CTT

• GCA TCC

• GCA UCC

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

One difference between DNA and RNA is that....

• Only RNA has the base Uracil

• only RNA contains the base Thymine

• only RNA contains the base Cytocine

• only RNA contained the base Guanine

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