Nucleic Acid

An example of a nucleic acid is

• amino acid

• DNA

• sugar

• wax

What's the monomer of a nucleic acid?

• DNA

• monosaccharides

• nucleotide

• amino acid

What is the function of nucleic acids?

• store energy (long-term)

• store energy (short-term)

• build skin, hair, nails, muscles

• store genetic information

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Contains DNA & RNA

• Nucleotides

• Nucleic acids

• Proteins

• Amino Acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Nucleic Acids are made of

• CHO

• CHON

• CHONP

• CHONS

Which of the following elements does a Nucleic Acid have that a Carbohydrate and Lipid do not?

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen

What are the components of a nucleotide?

• nitrogen base, phosphate group, and sugar

• sugar, purine, and pyrimidine

• nitrogen base and a phosphate group

• DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide

Guanine is complementary to what other nitrogenous base?

• Cytosine
• Adenine
• Thymine
• Uracil

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

• TTGACTAGG
• AACTGATCC
• AATCGAACTT
• AAGTCATCC

The repeating units in both DNA and RNA are called

• hydrogen bonds

• nucleic acids

• nucleotides

• amino acids