DNA vs RNA

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

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

• nucleotides

• amino acids

• 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

Which sugar is found in RNA?

• ribose

• glucose

• deoxyribose

• lactose

Which of the following biomolecule has the function of creating our DNA?

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Protein

• Nucleic acids

I contain the sugar ribose.

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

Sugar is deoxyribose

• DNA

• RNA

Which sugar is found in RNA nucleotides?

• Ribose

• Glucose

• Deoxyribose

• Fructose

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

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, protein