DNA/RNA Review

What are the building blocks of DNA?

• ribosomes

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• nucleic acids

Which is NOT a part of a nucleotide?

• ribosome

• nitrogen base

• phosphate

• deoxyribose

What does cytosine pair with in DNA?

• adenine

• uracil

• thymine

• guanine

Who discovered the structure of DNA?

• Watson & Crick

• Franklin

• Wilkins

• All of them did!

Where does the nitrogen base attach on the backbone?

• sugar

• phosphate

• hydrogen bond

• nucleotide

What holds the nitrogen bases together?

• covalent bonds

• peptide bonds

• nitrogen bonds

• hydrogen bonds

Which bases are pyrimidines?

• cytosine, adenine

• guanine, thymine

• thymine, cytosine

• adenine, guanine

What is the complementary strand to this DNA?

AAT CAG GTA CCG AAC

• TTA CAG CAT GGC TTG

• TTA GTC CAT GGC TTG

• UUA GUC CAU GGC UUG

• TTA GUC CAT CCG TTG

Which is NOT a true statement?

• DNA has 2 strands, RNA has 1

• DNA and RNA can both leave the nucleus

• DNA and RNA have different nitrogen bases

• DNA has deoxyribose, RNA has ribose sugar

What does adenine pair with in RNA?

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

• uracil