NUCLEOTIDES

Question 1

What is different between a base of DNA and RNA?

Answer 1

RNA contains uracil instead of thymine
RNA has U
DNA has T

Question 2

What is different between the structure DNA and RNA?

Answer 2

DNA has one less oxygen than RNA
DNA has a H on the bottom carbon 2 of the deoxyribose sugar while RNA has an OH at the bottom of carbon 2 of the ribose sugar

Question 3

What two words are DNA referred to as?

Answer 3

a macromolecule
a polynucleotide

Question 4

Does a purine base have a single or double ring structure?

Answer 4

double ring structure

Question 5

Does a pyramidine base have a single or double ring structure?

Answer 5

single

Question 6

Name the purine bases

Answer 6

adenine
guanine

Question 7

Name the pyramidine bases

Answer 7

thymine
cytosine
uracil

Question 8

What are the bases known as being?

Answer 8

nitrogenous bases

Question 9

What’s a limitation of the simple diagram used for nucleotides?

Answer 9

the top point is an O, not a carbon