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WorksheetsNucleic Acid
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
a)
Glycerol
b)
Monosaccharides
c)
Amino Acids
d)
Nucleotides
2.
RNA contains the sugar...
a)
Deoxyribose
b)
Glucose
c)
Ribose
d)
Lipids
3.
Which of the following elements does a Nucleic Acid have that a Carbohydrate and Lipid do not?
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Nitrogen
4.
What pentose sugar does DNA use?
a)
Ribose
b)
Sucrose
c)
Amylose
d)
Deoxyribose
5.
Guanine is complementary to what other nitrogenous base?
a)
Cytosine
b)
Adenine
c)
Thymine
d)
Uracil
6.
Complementary Bases are held together by what type of bond?
a)
Covalent
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Ionic
d)
Mettalic
7.
If one series of bases reads: TTGACTAGG, then the complementary set of bases would read:
a)
TTGACTAGG
b)
AACTGATCC
c)
AATCGAACTT
d)
AAGTCATCC
8.
The backbone of DNA is made up of _______ & ________ units.
a)
sugar & base
b)
sugar & phosphate
c)
base & phosphate
d)
phosphate & phosphate
9.
What nucleotide base does RNA contain that DNA does not?
a)
adenine (A)
b)
cytosine (C)
c)
uracil (U)
d)
thymine (T)
10.
Which base is only found in RNA?
a)
Uracil
b)
Thymine
c)
Adenine
d)
Guanine
11.
What is A?
a)
Phosphate Group
b)
Pentose Sugar
c)
Nitrogenous Base
d)
Adenosine Triphosphate
12.
What is the function of nucleic acids?
a)
store energy (long-term)
b)
store energy (short-term)
c)
build skin, hair, nails, muscles
d)
store genetic information
13.
Which of the following is a purine?
a)
Cytosine
b)
Thymine
c)
Adenine
14.
If a cell has 20% Adenine in it, what % of Cytosine must it have?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
30%
d)
80%
15.
Which ones are purines?
a)
Adenine and Guanine
b)
Adenine and Thymine
c)
Cytosine and Guanine
d)
Cytosine and Thymine
16.
In eukaryotes, which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
17.
Bundled up, organized DNA is called a
a)
gene
b)
trait
c)
chromosome
d)
nucleotide
18.
Bundled up, organized DNA is called a
a)
gene
b)
trait
c)
chromosome
d)
nucleotide
19.
Which two scientists are accredited with correctly deducing the double helix model of DNA?
a)
Watson and Crick
b)
Wilkins and Franklin
c)
Wilkins and Crick
d)
Watson and Franklin
20.
How many hydrogen bonds do C and G have between them?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
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