RNA Structure and Function

What is the difference between the sugars found in DNA and RNA?

• RNA contains glucose
• RNA contains sucrose
• RNA contains deoxyribose
• RNA contains Ribose

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

RNA has how many strands?

• one
• two

DNA and RNA belong to the biomolecule class of 

• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Nucleic Acids

Which of the following is not a difference in DNA and RNA?

• DNA uses Deoxyribose and RNA uses Ribose
• DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded
• DNA uses Uracil and RNA uses Thymine
• DNA uses Thymine and RNA uses Uracil

RNA stands for

• robot nucleic acid

• root nucleic acid

• ribonucleic acid

• nucleic acid

The nitrogen base pairs for RNA are

• A-T C-G

• A-U C-G

• A-C T-G

• T -U G-C

The sugar in the backbone of ribonucleic acid is

• deoxyribose

• ribose

• dextrose

• sucrose

RNA is the copy machine for which nucleic acid?

• DNA

• RNA

RNA carries a copy of the DNA blueprint (instructions) from the nucleus to the ___

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• ribosome