DNA and RNA

What nitrogenous base is found in RNA but NOT in DNA?

• THYMINE

• URACIL

• ADENINE

• GUANINE

What is the basic role of mRNA?

•   transfer the amino acids to the ribosome

•   transfer the amino acids to the nucleus

• transfer the DNA message to the ribosome

• transfer the mRNA message to the nucleus

What are the three major components of DNA and RNA?     

• Lipids, phosphate group, and nitrogenous bases

• Sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous bases

• Carbohydrates, sugar, and lipids

• Nitrogenous bases only

What type of pentose sugar is present in DNA?

                                                                

• Deoxyribose  

• Glucose

• Lactose 

• Ribose

Which of the following complementary base pairs of DNA is correct?

              

• Adenine: Guanine   

• Cytosine: Thymine

• Adenine: Uracil

• Cytosine: Guanine

DNA has a                 strand; RNA has a                 strand.

                  

• double/double 

• double/triple

• double/single

• single/single

Deoxyribonucleic acid contains the genes that determine who  you are.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

RNA is essentially a recipe for any living organism. It contains vital information that’s passed down from one generation to the next.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

RNA acts as a ________, carrying vital genetic information in a cell from DNA through ribosomes to create proteins, which then form all living things.

• blueprint

• messenger

• translator

• marites

What type of RNA supplies amino acids to the ribosome to be assembled as protein?

• Messenger RNA

• Ribosomal RNA

• Desired RNA

• Transfer RNA