Genetic Continuity

DNA stands for

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Dehydronucleic acid

• Deoxyribisomal acid

• Deoxynucleic acid

DNA is comprised of 4 nucleotide bases. They are cytosine, thymine, adenine and ...

• guadenine

• guava

• guanine

• gytosine

RNA is

• single stranded

• double stranded

• triple stranded

• quadruple stranded

Nucleotide bases that make up DNA are connected to a helix of

• sugar-phosphates

• glucose

• sugar-carbonates

• phosphate-oxides

Unlike DNA, RNA does not have the Thymine nucleotide. Instead it has

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Uracil

A nucleotide base consists of ...

• A base, a sugar molecule and sometimes a phosphate molecule

• A base, a phosphate molecule and sometimes a sugar molecule

• A base, a sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule

• A base, a sugar and a carbonate molecule

There are two types of nucleic acids in our body: DNA and

• DNA

• RNA

• CNA

• TNA

A polymer is ....

• A very small molecule in the body that decodes your biological blueprint.

• A large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits

• A large molecule that is used for the production of new body processes

• A large molecule that is designed to help your body reproduce sexually.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

A large portion of your DNA is stored in this cell organelle

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

• Endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This form of RNA is a long, single-stranded molecule formed into a helix. It is manufactured in the nucleus and carries the genetic code from the DNA to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.

• transport RNA

• transfer RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• messenger RNA