Human Bio Unit 2 - Nucleic Acids

Question 0

3 parts of a nucleotide

Answer 0

Organic (nitrogenous) base

Deoxy/ribose

Phosphate group

Question 1

Nucleotide

Answer 1

Basic building block of nucleic acids

Question 2

How are the parts of a nucleotide shown on a diagram

Answer 2

Phosphate - rectangle

Pentose sugar (pentagon)

Phosphate group - Circle

Question 3

Bond between Phosphate group and deoxyribose

Answer 3

Ester bond

Question 4

Bond between the deoxyribose and organic base

Answer 4

Glycosidic bond

Question 5

Describe the pentose sugar

Answer 5

Five carbons sugar

Question 6

What does the sequence of bases in DNA code for?

Answer 6

Sequence of amino acids in proteins