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WorksheetsNucleic Acid Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the monomer of a nucleic acid
a)
monosaccharide
b)
fatty acids and glycerol
c)
nucleotide
d)
amino acid
2.
What part of the nucleotide is circled?
a)
sugar
b)
phosphate
c)
base
3.
What part of the nucleotide is circled?
a)
sugar
b)
phosphate
c)
base
4.
Which of the following is a nucleic acid?
a)
C32H75O6
b)
C8H16O6
c)
C8H16N3O6
d)
C54H96N27O10P
5.
What element identifies an organic compound as a nucleic acid? (What element do only nucleic acids have?)
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorous
6.
Nucleic acids contain _______ for making proteins.
a)
information
b)
amino acids
c)
ribosomes
d)
sugars
7.
How many strands of genetic information is RNA made of?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
Name the sugar present in DNA.
a)
deoxyribose
b)
ribose
c)
starch
d)
glucose
9.
Which part is not present in the structure of a nucleotide?
a)
phosphate
b)
sugar
c)
base
d)
amino
10.
What base switches with thymine when DNA makes RNA?
a)
adenine
b)
guanine
c)
cytosine
d)
uracil
11.
Write the complimentary RNA strand for the following DNA strand CGA GAT
a)
GCU CUA
b)
GCC CUT
c)
GCC CTU
d)
TAG CUT
12.
The polymer for a nucleic acid is a
a)
polysaccharide
b)
triglyceride
c)
polynucleotide
d)
polypeptide
13.
Write the complimentary strand of DNA for ATT GCC
a)
TAA CGG
b)
TTA CGG
c)
CGC TTA
d)
ATA GGC
14.
How many bases are linked together to form a codon?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
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