DNA, RNA, Nucleic Acids

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic acids

Question 2

RNA

Answer 2

Ribonucleic acid

Question 3

Gene

Answer 3

A different sequence of proteins ( amino acids)

Question 4

Monomers of DNA and RNA

Answer 4

Nucleotides

Question 5

Nucleotide consists of

Answer 5

Sugar molecule
Phosphate group
Nitrogenous bases

Question 6

Nitrogenous bases are

Answer 6

Adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, uracil

Question 7

Binding of nitrogenous bases

Answer 7

Adenine to thymine (uracil )
Guanine to cytosine

Question 8

Purines( double ring structure)

Answer 8

Adenine and guanine

Question 9

Pyrimidines ( single ring structure)

Answer 9

Cytosine and thymine

Question 10

Formation of DNA

Answer 10

Nucleotides binds together by condensation reactions forming phosphodiester bond

Question 11

DNA molecule contains two DNA strands called

Answer 11

Double helix

Question 12

What makes up the outside of the DNA molecule

Answer 12

Alternating phosphate groups and sugar called the sugar phosphate back bone

Question 13

What bond binds nitrogenous bases to the complementary bonds

Answer 13

Hydrogen bonds

Question 14

Purpose of DNA and RNA

Answer 14

DNA holds or stores the genetic information of the cell
Generic information are then transferred from the DNA to the ribosome via RNA so synthesis can occurs

Question 15

The sequence the DNA carries are called

Answer 15

Genes

Question 16

Genetic code

Answer 16

A sequence of nucleotides in DNA that code for one Amino acid

Question 17

Triplet

Answer 17

A sequence of 3 nucleotides for 1 amino acid

Question 18

Degenerative

Answer 18

More than one code for the same amino acid