Nucleic Acids

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

• Glycerol
• Monosaccharides
• Amino Acids
• Nucleotides

What are the components of a nucleotide?

• nitrogen base, phosphate group, and pentose sugar
• pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
• nitrogen base and a phosphate group
• DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide

RNA contains the sugar...

• Deoxyribose
• Glucose
• Ribose
• Lipids

Which of these is NOT found in RNA?

• ribose sugar
• uracil
• cytosine
• thymine

Which of these is NOT found in RNA?

• cytosine
• uracil
• deoxyribose sugar
• adenine

In DNA, adenine always pairs with:

• uracil
• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine

One difference between RNA and DNA is that DNA is a:

• single strand
• double strand

Which of the following elements does a Nucleic Acid have that a Carbohydrate and Lipid do not?

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen

Which of the following is a MONOMER:

• Nucleic Acid
• Nucleotide
• Polysaccharide
• Phospholipid

Which of the following is a purine?

• Cytosine
• Thymine
• Adenine