Lecture 4

Question 1

chromosome

Answer 1

a strand of DNA that carries genes and functions of hereditary information

Question 2

genes

Answer 2

segments of DNA that determine specific trait

Question 3

DNA

Answer 3

It is a polymer of simple units called nucleotides with a four letter sequence ( A, C, G, T )

Question 4

Nucleic Acid

Answer 4

Long chains of repeating units called nucleotides

nucleotide^n = nucleic acid

Question 5

Nucleoside

Answer 5

base bound to a ribose or desoxyribose sugar

base + 1 sugar = nucleoside

Question 6

Nucleotides

Answer 6

monomers for nucleic acids composed by nucleoside and phosphate

nucleoside + 1 phosphate = nucleotide

Question 7

Base

Answer 7

required to form nucleosides to provide the molecular structure for the H+ bonding

Question 8

Purines

Answer 8

Compounds containing two rings 1 C and 1 N

Adenine and Guanine

Question 9

pyrimidine

Answer 9

compounds containing one C-N ring

Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil

Question 10

Base pairs

Answer 10

pyrimidines and purines form base pairs to create the double stranded structure of DNA

Question 11

RNA monomers

Answer 11

1. phosphate group
2. ribose
3. nucleic base

Question 12

DNA monomers

Answer 12

1. phosphate group
2. deoxyribose
3. nucleic base

Question 13

Nucleic bases for RNA

Answer 13

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Uracil

NO THYMINE

Question 14

Nucleic bases for DNA

Answer 14

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine