Nucleic Acids and Proteins

Which of the following is a MONOMER:

• Nucleic Acid
• Nucleotide
• Polysaccharide
• Phospholipid

From the nucleotide on the right, which part is labeled 2?

• Sugar
• Phosphate
• Nitrogenous Base
• Phosphorous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What pentose sugar does DNA use?

• Ribose
• Sucrose
• Amylose
• Deoxyribose

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Guanine is complementary to what other nitrogenous base?

• Cytosine
• Adenine
• Thymine
• Uracil

If a cell has 20% Adenine in it, what % of Cytosine must it have?

• 10%
• 20%
• 30%
• 80%

Complementary Bases are held together by what type of bond?

• Covalent
• Hydrogen
• Ionic
• Mettalic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

If one series of bases reads: TTGACTAGG, then the complementary set of bases would read:

• TTGACTAGG
• AACTGATCC
• AATCGAACTT
• AAGTCATCC

The backbone of DNA is made up of _______ & ________ units. 

• sugar & base
• sugar & phosphate
• base & phosphate
• phosphate & phosphate

How does RNA differ from DNA?

• RNA contains uracil and deoxyribose
• RNA contains ribose and thymine
• RNA contains uracil and ribose
• RNA contains adenine and ribose

The process by which the genetic code of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA is called

• translation
• transcription
• transformation
• replication