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Nucleic Acids

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
DNA and RNA are examples of...
a)
proteins
b)
nucleic acids
c)
carbohydrates
d)
lipids
2.
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
a)
Glycerol
b)
Monosaccharides
c)
Amino Acids
d)
Nucleotides
3.
What are the components of a nucleotide?
a)
nitrogen base, phosphate group, and pentose sugar
b)
pentose sugar, purine, and pyrimidine
c)
nitrogen base and a phosphate group
d)
DNA, phosphate group, monosaccharide
4.
RNA contains the sugar...
a)
Deoxyribose
b)
Glucose
c)
Ribose
d)
Lipids
5.

Which monomer is shown below?

a)

fatty acid

b)

amino acid

c)

nucleotide

d)

monosaccharide

6.

What is the difference between DNA and RNA concerning the nitrogenous bases ?

a)

DNA and RNA have all the same bases

b)

Only DNA has Adenine and Cytosine

c)

Only RNA has Guanine

d)

RNA has Uracil, but DNA has Thymine

7.

What sugar is found in DNA?

a)

Glucose

b)

Ribose

c)

Deoxyribose

d)

Fructose

8.
Which of these is true about RNA?
a)
Has a double helix
b)
Has a single helix
c)
Contains thymine
9.

Which is the correct base pairing?

a)

A-C

b)

A-T

c)

A-G

10.

Which is the correct base pairing?

a)

T-C

b)

G-T

c)

G-C

11.
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine are what?
a)
Phosphates
b)
Sugars
c)
Nucleotides
d)
Bases
12.
What kind of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?
a)
Hydrogen bonds
b)
Ionic bonds
c)
Polar bonds
d)
Covalent bonds
13.

What is the shape of DNA?

a)

Double Hyperbola

b)

Paraolic

c)

Double Helix

d)

Linear

14.

If one strand of DNA has the following bases:

AGGTCATG


Which bases are on the matching (complimentary) strand?

(a)  

15.

In a sample of double-stranded DNA, 40% of the nitrogenous bases are thymine. What percentage of the nitrogenous bases in the sample are adenine?

a)

40%

b)

60%

c)

80%

d)

100%

16.

A simple diagram of a DNA molecule is shown below.

a)

an amino acid

b)

a nucleotide base pair

c)

a phosphate group

d)

a ribosome

17.

Besides carbon, the DNA base cytosine is made of which of the following elements (Check all that are correct)

a)

hydrogen

b)

nitrogen

c)

phosphorus

d)

sulfer

18.

If the DNA sequence contains the following bases:


T G C A A G T C


What would the transcribed RNA sequence be?

(a)  

19.

What is the location and function of DNA?

a)

DNA is in the nucleus, it stores genetic information

b)

DNA is in the nucleus, it sends genetic information to the ribosome

c)

DNA is outside the nucleus, it stores genetic information

d)

DNA is outside the nucleus, it sends genetic information to the ribosome

20.

What is the location and function of RNA?

a)

RNA can travel outside the nucleus, it sends genetic information to a ribosome

b)

RNA is always inside the nucleus, it stores genetic information

c)

RNA can travel outside the nucleus, it stores genetic information

d)

RNA is always inside the nucleus, it sends genetic information to a ribosome