2.11 Nucleic Acids

Question 1

class of organic molecules that includes DNA and RNA

Answer 1

Nucleic Acid

Question 2

nucleic acid found in all living cells; carries the organism’s hereditary information

Answer 2

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Question 3

nucleic acid that contains ribose and the bases A, G, C, and U; carries out DNA’s instructions for protein synthesis

Answer 3

RNA (ribonucleic acid)

Question 4

building block of nucleic acids; consists of a sugar, a nitrogen-containing base, and a phosphate group
ex. adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and urasil

Answer 4

Nucleotide

Question 5

Which nucleic acid’s major cellular site is the nucleus?

Answer 5

DNA

Question 6

Which nucleic acid’s major cellular site is the cytoplasm (around nucleus)

Answer 6

RNA

Question 7

Which nucleic acid’s major function is genetic material?

Answer 7

DNA

Question 8

Which nucleic acid’s major function is to carry out genetic instructions?

Answer 8

RNA

Question 9

What is DNA’s sugar called?

Answer 9

Deoxyribose

Question 10

What is RNA’s sugar called?

Answer 10

Ribose

Question 11

Which nucleic acid contains A, G, C, and T?

Answer 11

DNA

Question 12

Which nucleic acid contains A, G, C, and U?

Answer 12

RNA

Question 13

Which nucleic acid is a double strand coiled into a double helix?

Answer 13

DNA

Question 14

Which nucleic acid is a single strand either straight or folded?

Answer 14

RNA