Nucleic Acids

DNA and RNA are examples of...

• proteins
• nucleic acids
• carbohydrates
• lipids

What is the function of nucleic acids?

• Stores energy
• Stores genetic information
• Movement
• Physical structure

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

• Glycerol
• Monosaccharides
• Amino Acids
• Nucleotides

What are the components of a nucleotide?

• nitrogen base, phosphate group, and pentose sugar
• pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
• nitrogen base and a phosphate group
• DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide

What is the difference between DNA and RNA from the point of view of the nitrogenous bases that are present in their nucleotides?

• In DNA, nucleotides can be made up of A, T, C, G. In RNA, nucleotides can also contain A, C or G; however, instead of T, they contain U.
• Purine and Pyrimidine
• Pyrimidine: Thymine, Cytosine (Urical)
• DNA, RNA

RNA contains the sugar...

• Deoxyribose
• Glucose
• Ribose
• Lipids

When coiled together, DNA looks like a:

• Single Helix
• Double Helix
• Triple Helix
• Broken Ladder

If one series of bases reads: TTGACTAGG, then the complementary set of bases would read:

• TTGACTAGG
• AACTGATCC
• AATCGAACTT
• AAGTCATCC

The backbone of DNA is made up of _______ & ________ units. 

• sugar & base
• sugar & phosphate
• base & phosphate
• phosphate & phosphate

If a strand reads:
3' A A A T T T C 5'
The matching strand would read...

• 5' T T T A A A G 3'
• 3' T T T A A A G 5'
• 5' A A A T T T C 3'
• 3' U U U A A A G 5'