mRNA and DNA

Question 1

What does DNA stand for?

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question 2

2 uniqueness of DNA

Answer 2

1 They contain our living genetic code
2 Copies itself exactly

Question 3

4 Nitrogen base

Answer 3

(A) Adenine= (T) Thymine
(G) Guanine= (C) Cytosine

Question 4

Purines

Answer 4

(A) Adenine= (G) Guanine
Larger than Pyrimidines
Has 2 rings
“Pure As Gold”

Question 5

Pyrimidines

Answer 5

(T) Thymine = (C) Cytosine
has 1 ring
“ CUT the pyramid”

Question 6

4 Scientist who discovered DNA

Answer 6

James Watson
Francis Crick
Rosalind Franklin
Maurice Wilkin

Question 7

when was DNA discovered

Answer 7

1953

Question 8

3 DNA building blocks

Answer 8

Phosaphate group
Sugar group/ deoxyribose
Nitrogenous base

Question 9

Erwin Chargaff’s rule

Answer 9

A DNA has this “balance” of amount of types of Nucleotides with numbers

Question 10

Hydrogen bond

Answer 10

Formed between certain nitrogenous base= Holding the 2 DNA strands together

Question 11

what are the Backbone

Answer 11

sugar/deoxyrimbose and phosphate

Question 12

What is the “m” stands for in mRNA

Answer 12

messenger

Question 13

what the “T” stands for in tNRA

Answer 13

transport

Question 14

How many helix does a RNA have

Answer 14

1 strand

Question 15

How many helix does a DNA have

Answer 15

1 strand