DNA quiz review

What is the sugar in DNA called?

• Deoxyribose

• Ribose

• Diglyceride

• Cellulose

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

• Fatty acids

• Monosaccharides

• Amino Acids

• Nucleotides

What are the components of a nucleotide?

• nitrogen base, phosphate group, and 5-carbon sugar

• 5 carbon sugar, purine, and pyrimidine

• nitrogen base and a phosphate group

• DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide

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

• cytosine

• guanine

• thymine

• uracil

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose sugar and adenine

• deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond

• deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus

• deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

What will the matching sequence be on a strand that reads AAGCTAT?

• AACGATA

• TTCGTTA

• CCTGATA

• TTCGATA

The two strands of nitrogenous bases in DNA are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds

• ionic bonds

• covalent bonds

• hydrogen bonds

X outlines a(n) ___________.

• amino acid

• nitrogen base 

• nucleotide

• nitrogen base pair

What is the difference between DNA and RNA in terms of bases?

• RNA contains uracil in place of thymine

• RNA contains uracil in place of adenine

• RNA contains uracil in place of guanine

• RNA contains uracil in place of  cytosine