DNA vs RNA

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

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Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein

The following picture must be

• DNA because it's double stranded
• RNA because it's single stranded
• DNA because it's single stranded
• RNA because it's double stranded

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I include the bases Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine and Uracil .

• DNA
• RNA

I travel outside of the nucleus.

• DNA
• RNA

The sugar in RNA is ____________________.

• deoxyribose
• ribose