Nucleic Acids

The monomers of nucleic acids are

• nucleotides

• amino acids

• glucose

• monosaccharides

Which of the following is not a part of a nucleotide?

• amino group

• phosphate group

• 5 carbon sugar

• nitrogenous base

Which is the correct pairing?

• A-C
• A-T
• A-G

Which is the correct pairing?

• T-C
• G-T
• G-C

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine are what?

• Phosphates
• Sugars
• Nucleotides
• Bases

What is the shape of DNA?

• Double Hyperbola

• Paraolic

• Double Helix

• Linear

What characteristic of the structure of DNA allows DNA to carry coded genetic information?

• the sequence of nitrogenous bases

• the sequence of 5-carbon sugars

• the quantity of phosphate groups

• the quantity of each type of nitrogenous base

which of the following is not a characteristic of DNA?

• it is inherited

• has its own directions for replication

• contains directions to make proteins

• directly makes proteins

DNA is ________ into RNA

• transcribed

• translated

RNA is ________ into protein

• transcribed

• translated