nucleic acids

Question 1

Stores genetic information

Answer 1

nucleic acids

Question 2

nucleic acids are polymers of

Answer 2

nucleotides

Question 3

1- Pentose 2- phosphate
3- nitrogenous base:

Answer 3

nucleotides

Question 4

Purines

Answer 4

purines: adenine & guanine

Question 5

pyrimidines:

Answer 5

cytosine, thymine, and uracil

Question 6

(Uracil is only found in

Answer 6

RNA

Question 7

six membered rings

Answer 7

Pyrimidines:

Question 8

2 cycles

Answer 8

Purines:

Question 9

Nucleosides:

Answer 9

nitrogenous base + pentose

Question 10

Pentose is linked to the base by ……… while phosphate link to the base by …….. bonds

Answer 10

glycosidic bonds, phosphodiester

Question 11

Pentose in RNA is

Answer 11

ribose

Question 12

dna sugar

Answer 12

in DNA is deoxyribose

Question 13

Dna structure

Answer 13

Double stranded antiparallel helix

Question 14

The …….. bonds are the backbone of DNA (on the outside region because they are ……)

Answer 14

sugar-phosphate, hydrophilic

Question 15

Carbon number …… of ribose sugar is called one prime. Carbon number two is called two prime, carbon
number three is called three prime and so on.

Answer 15

1,

Question 16

…….prime end which is the end with the phosphates group and the …… prime end which is the end where
the hydroxyl group.

Answer 16

five, 3

Question 17

Read 5’ to 3’, true air false

Answer 17

true

Question 18

the antiparallel structure is because of …….bonds that form between bases. A with T and C with G

Answer 18

hydrogen ,

Question 19

Cytosine and guanine form … bonds while A and T form …… bonds

Answer 19

3, double

Question 20

Due to base pairing, the DNA strands are …….. to each other

Answer 20

complementary

Question 21

rna is ….,. stranded

Answer 21

single

Question 22

Rna is read

Answer 22

5 to 3

Question 23

types of rna

Answer 23

Types: mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

Question 24

rna has Has ……. instead of thymine

Answer 24

uracil

Question 25

rna is …… than DNA and has ribose

Answer 25

smaller

Question 26

(DNA to RNA to protein):

Answer 26

Central Dogma

Question 27

Genetic information is copied in the…. phase of cell cycles in the form of DNA (……)

Answer 27

S, replication

Question 28

DNA to .RNA

Answer 28

transcription

Question 29

…… has codons that are translated to ….. thus ……. Here the gene is said to be expressed (……

Answer 29

mRNA, AA, protein, translation