DNA v RNA

What is the shape of the DNA molecule?

• corkscrew

• rotini

• double helix

• single strand

ribose + phosphate group + uracil =

• a DNA nucelotide

• an RNA nucleotide

deoxyribose + thymine + phosphate group = ?

• a RNA rucleotide

• a DNA nucleotide

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

sugar/phosphate, sugar/phosphate.........

• describes the "backbone" of RNA or DNA

• describes the "rungs" of the DNA ladder

What is the sugar molecule in RNA called?

• deoxyribose

• ribose

what are found in BOTH RNA & DNA?

• thymine + ribose + phosphate groups

• uracil + deoxyribose + phosphate groups

• guanine, cytosine + phosphate groups

What is produced during transcription (1st phase of protein synthesis)?

• mRNA

• tRNA

• a protein

• amino acids

Where does transcription take place in the cell?

• nucleus

• at the ribosome

which molecule "carries" amino acids?

• DNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

When DNA is replicated, the result =

• two new strands in the product molecule

• one old strand + one new strand in each molecule