Nucleic Acids

Nucleic acids are complex macromolecules

that store and transmit genetic information

• yes

• no

Nucleic acids are simple macromolecules

that store and transmit genetic information

• yes

• no

Repeating

subunits, called nucleotides, make up nucleic acids

• yes

• no

Nucleotides are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,

nitrogen, and phosphorus

• yes

• no

All nucleotides have the three units

—a phosphate, a nitrogenous base,

and a sugar.

• yes

• no

Two types of nucleic acids are found in living things

• yes

• no

Two types of nucleic acids are found in living things. One is

deoxyribonucleic (dee AHK sih rib oh noo klay ihk) acid, or

DNA. The other is ribonucleic (rib oh noo KLAY ihk) acid,

or RNA.

• yes

• no

DNA is the “genetic code.”

• yes

• no

RNA is the “genetic code.”

• yes

• no

DNA stores all the instructions

for organisms to grow, reproduce, and adapt.

• yes

• no