Nucleic Acid

Question 1

What does DNA stand for?

Answer 1

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

Question 2

What does RNA stand for?

Answer 2

Ribonucleic acid

Question 3

What is the function of DNA?

Answer 3

storing information

Question 4

What is the function of RNA?

Answer 4

Short term information storage, Catalyzes some reactions, Transport molecules for reaction

Question 5

What does DNA look like?

Answer 5

Two-stranded double helix

Question 6

What does RNA look like?

Answer 6

Single strand bonding with itself

Question 7

What do nucleotides consist of?

Answer 7

a phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base.

Question 8

When a phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base polymerize, what do they form?

Answer 8

Nucleic acids

Question 9

Do you read DNA and RNA as 5’ to 3’ or 3’ to 5’?

Answer 9

5’ to 3’

Question 10

In the DNA double helix, the two strands are what?

Answer 10

antiparallel

Question 11

What stabilizes Nucleic acids

Answer 11

Hydrogen bonding between complementary bases

Question 12

What does hydrogen bonding between complementary bases do?

Answer 12

stabilizes Nucleic acids

Question 13

DNA’s stable structure suits its role as a

Answer 13

genetic archive.

Question 14

RNA’s flexible structure allows it to

Answer 14

play many diff. roles.

Question 15

Where can you find Uracil?

Answer 15

RNA

Question 16

Where can you find Thymine?

Answer 16

DNA

Question 17

What matches with A in DNA

Answer 17

T

Question 18

WHat matches with T in DNA

Answer 18

A

Question 19

WHat matches with C in DNA

Answer 19

G

Question 20

What matches with G in DNA

Answer 20

C

Question 21

What matches with A in RNA

Answer 21

U

Question 22

What matches with U in RNA

Answer 22

A

Question 23

What matches with G in RNA

Answer 23

C

Question 24

What matches with C in RNA

Answer 24

G