Nucleic Acids - Biomolecules

What is the building block of nucleic acids?

• nucleotides

• amino acids

• monosaccharides

• fatty acids

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What is the blue pentagon on a nucleotide?

• nitrogenous acid

• phosphate group

• ribose/deoxyribose sugar

• nitrogenous base

What is the yellow circle on a nucleotide?

• nitrogenous acid

• phosphate group

• sugar

• nitrogenous base

What is the red rectangle on a nucleotide?

• nitrogenous acid

• phosphate group

• sugar

• nitrogenous base

Which of the following bases is NOT found in DNA?

• Adenine

• Uracil

• Thymine

• Guanine

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In RNA, what nitrogenous base pairs with Adenine (A)?

Which of the following are examples of nucleic acids? (Select all that apply)

• DNA

• RNA

• Valine

• Sucrose

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Which of the following elements are NOT found in nucleic acids?

• Carbon

• Sulfur

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Phosphorus

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Which of the following are the elements found in nucleic acids?

• CHO

• CHON

• CHONP

• CHOSK

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Whether in DNA or RNA, Cytosine (C) will ALWAYS pair with which base?