DNA Molecule

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

• polysaccharides

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

• the color of the nitrogen bases

• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

DNA codes for...

• cholesterol

• proteins

• fatty acids

• carbohydrates

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

DNA is a polymer made of monomers called

• Nucleotides

• Proteins

• Amino Acids

• Lipids

Has a deoxyribose sugar

• DNA

• RNA

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose sugar and adenine

• deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond

• deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus

• deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds

• ionic bonds

• covalent bonds

• hydrogen bonds

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A five-carbon sugar found in DNA.

• ribose

• guanine

• deoxyribose

• helicase

If one strand of DNA runs 5' to 3' the other strand runs

• 5' to 3'

• 3' to 5'

• 5' to 5'

• 3' to 3'

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Adenine