Unit 3 Vocabulary

- a component of a nucleotide that contains nitrogen; includes A, T, C, G, and U

• Nitrogenous base
• Sugar Phosphate Bond
• Hydrogen Bond
• Fatty Acid

- monomer of nucleic acids consisting of a phosphate group, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base

• Nucleotide
• Amino Acid
• Monosaccharide
• Fatty Acid

- nucleotide monomer that binds to thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine

- nucleotide monomer that binds to adenine

• Thymine
• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine

- nucleotide monomer that binds to guanine

• Cytosine
• Adenine
• Thymine
• Guanine

- nucleotide monomer that binds to cytosine

• Guanine
• Adenine
• Thymine
• Cytosine

- nucleotide monomer that binds to adenine in RNA

• Uracil
• Adenine
• Thymine
• Cytosine

- instructions for making proteins that come in the form of chromosomes, DNA, and genes

• Genetic Material
• Cell Membrane
• Amino Acid
• Enzymes

- the order of nucleotides in a strand of DNA or RNA

• Genetic Code
• Uracil
• Nucleus
• Chromosome

- passed down from parents to their children

• Inherited
• Money
• Houses
• Clothes