Chapter 1 (part 2) Vocabulary Quiz #2

Monomer of nucleic acids; contains a five-carbon sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base.

• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA
• Complementary Base Pairs

Chain of nucleotides that alone or with another such chain makes up a nucleic acid.

• Polynucleotide
• Nucleotide
• RNA
• DNA
• Complementary Base Pairs

The nucleic acid that consists of just one polynucleotide chain.

• RNA
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• DNA
• Complementary Base Pairs

The nucleic acid that consists of two polynucleotide chains

• DNA
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• Complementary Base Pairs

Pair of nucleotide bases that bond together—either adenine and thymine (or uracil) or cytosine and guanine.

• Complementary Base Pairs
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA

Double spiral shape of the DNA molecule.

• Double Helix
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA

Substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.

• Reactant
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA

Substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction.

• Product
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA

A representation of a chemical reaction that displays the reactants and products with chemical formulas; multiple reactants or products are separated with a plus sign, and reactants are separated from the products with a yield arrow.

• Chemical Equation
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA

The principle by which the total value of a physical quantity remains constant in a system.

• Conservation
• Nucleotide
• Polynucleotide
• RNA
• DNA