L3 - Nucleic Acids

Question 1

Nucleic acids are composed of?

Answer 1

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorous

Question 2

The most complex of all the known biomolecules

Answer 2

Nucleic Acids

Question 3

The Blueprint of Life

Answer 3

Nucleic Acid

Question 4

Responsible for holding genetic information and its transfer to succeeding generations

Answer 4

Nucleic Acids

Question 5

Monomers of Nucleic Acids

Answer 5

Nucleotides

Question 6

Whether DNA or RNA, a nucleotide’s structure is composed of what?

Answer 6

Phosphate Group, Pentose Sugar, Nitrogenous Base

Question 7

A nitrogen-containing molecule that possesses the properties of a base.

Answer 7

Nitrogenous Base

Question 8

Nitrogenous base can be classified into what?

Answer 8

Purines and Pyrimidines

Question 9

Difference between purines and Pyrimidines

Answer 9

Purines form 2 rings while pyrimidines form 1 ring

Question 10

Example of Purines

Answer 10

Adenine and Guanine

Question 11

Example of Pyrimidines

Answer 11

Thymine, Uracil, Cytosine

Question 12

It is made of two strands of nucleotides, form a double helix, stores hereditary information, and found in the cell’s nucleus

Answer 12

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

Question 13

it is less stable than DNA and is prone to destabilization in water

Answer 13

RNA (ribonucleic acid)

Question 14

2 types of RNA based on function

Answer 14

Messenger RNA (mRNA) and Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Question 15

the single strand transcript of the DNA that encodes for the complimentary protein strand

Answer 15

Messenger RNA (mRNA)

Question 16

a highly looped RNA that carries the triple anticodon sequence that translates the mRNA into protein

Answer 16

Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Question 17

molecular slave of DNA

Answer 17

RNA

Question 18

Nucleotide that has a ribose ring

Answer 18

RNA