DNA Basics

What is the sugar in DNA called?

• Deoxyribose
• Dantein
• Diglyceride
• Dalvin

Which of the following bases would not be found in DNA?

• Adenine
• Uracil
• Cytosine
• Guanine

Adenine pairs with...

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Guanine
• It does not pair with any of them

Which part of DNA is considered the "genetic code"?

• Bases
• Sugar
• Phosphate
• Hydrogen bonds

The shape of DNA is...

• Twisted helix
• Flat helix
• Hexagon
• Pentagon

DNA, in eukaryotes, is found within the...

• Nucleus
• Golgi apparatus
• Cytosol
• Outside the plasma membrane

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Denitrogenous acid

• Deribonucleic acid

• Dexoyribonucic acid

• Deoxyribonuclic acid

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

• Glycerol
• 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