Year 12 Head Start review quiz

Which of these is not a part of a nucleotide?

• A nitrogenous base

• A five-carbon ring sugar

• A phosphate group

• An anticodon site

The bonds between adjacent nucleotides in DNA are...(select all that apply)

• Hydrogen bonds

• Phosphodiester bonds

• Strong

• Weak

• Complementary

The bonds between adjacent phosphate groups and ribose sugars in DNA are...(select all that apply)

• Hydrogen bonds

• Phosphodiester bonds

• Strong

• Weak

• Complementary

The reaction between nucleotides when they join is called a.....?

Which of the following is an accurate difference between DNA and RNA?

• DNA is single stranded whilst RNA is double stranded

• DNA contains thymine whilst RNA contains uracil

• DNA contain ribose whilst RNA contains deoxyribose

• DNA is generally smaller than RNA which is typically larger

DNA belongs to which group of molecules?

• Nucleic acids

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

The complementary base pairing rules state that adenine binds to which base in DNA?

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

• uracil

Which of these describes a section of DNA that encodes the information for a protein?

• gene

• genome

• trait

• allele

What would be the complementary DNA for the sequence G C A

• G C A

• C G A

• C G T

• G G T

What would be the complementary RNA for the sequence G C A

• C T G

• C G A

• C G U

• C G T