DNA and Transcription Review

The building blocks of DNA are

• amino acids

• monosaccharides

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

The three components of a nucleotide are ___

• phosphate, base and fatty acid

• phosphate, deoxyribose, and base

• fatty acid, deoxyribose and base

• adenine, uracil and thymine

Which of these make up the "rungs" of the DNA?

• phosphates and deoxyribose

• phosphates

• deoxyribose

• bases

Guanine always pairs with _____ in DNA

• cytosine

• thymine

• uracil

• adenine

_________ bonds hold the two strands of DNA together

There are _______ different bases that make up DNA.

What would be the complimentary strand of DNA to this strand? AACGGGTGT

• UUGCCCACA

• TTGCCCACA

• AACGGTGT

• GGTCCCACA

The following is a strand of DNA : AAUGCUAAAGGCUUU

• true

• false

Transcription is when ____

• DNA is copied to make more DNA

• DNA section is copied to make RNA

• RNA is read to make a protein

• RNA is broken down by DNA

Which nitrogenous base is missing from RNA?

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• uracil