Lesson 8: Nucleic Acids and ATP

Question 1

DNA stands for

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 2

What shape does DNA have

Answer 2

Double helix

Question 3

RNA stands for

Answer 3

Ribonucleic acid

Question 4

What shape does RNA have

Answer 4

Single strand

Question 5

What is the monomer of NA

Answer 5

Nucleotide

Question 6

DNA structure

Answer 6

2 antiparallel strands of nucleic acids, “backbone” made of sugars, phosphate; nucleotides

Question 7

What is the function of DNA?

Answer 7

Storage of genetic information

Question 8

How many nucleotides are in every triplet codon of DNA?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

Components of nucleotide

Answer 9

5 carbon sugar, nitrogen containing base, phosphate group

Question 10

Bases of DNA

Answer 10

(A)denine, (G)uanine, (T)hymine, (C)ytosine

Question 11

What base is unique to RNA?

Answer 11

(U)racil, instead of DNA’s Thymine

Question 12

What sugar is found in RNA?

Answer 12

Ribose

Question 12

How bases of NA are connected?

Answer 12

A–T; C—G

Question 13

What sugar is found in DNA?

Answer 13

Deoxyribose

Question 14

ATP is used for

Answer 14

Cellular respiration

Question 15

ATP stands for

Answer 15

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 16

ATP structure

Answer 16

Adenine, ribose, 3 phosphate groups

Question 17

Where energy is stored in ATP?

Answer 17

In chemical bonds

Question 18

What is the name of structure where ATP lost one of phosphates through exothermic reaction?

Answer 18

ADP - andesine diphosphate