Nucleic Acids

Question 1

What are the functional groups of nucleic acids?

Answer 1

Amines and phosphates.

Question 2

What is the monomer of nucleic acids?

Answer 2

Nucleotides.

Question 3

Parts of nucleotides.

Answer 3

Phosphate, sugar, nitrogenous base.

Question 4

What is ATP

Answer 4

ATP is high energy molecules that store the energy we need to do just about everything.

Question 5

When do we release ATP?

Answer 5

Cellular respiration.

Question 6

What is the structure of ATP?

Answer 6

Adenine+Ribose+3Phosphates

Question 7

DNA is the carrier of what?

Answer 7

Genetic information.

Question 8

What is the function of DNA?

Answer 8

Stores genetic information.

Question 9

What is the structure of DNA?

Answer 9

Nucleotide+Deoxyribose+Base (Adenine-Thymine, Cytosine-Guanine)

Question 10

Cell location of DNA?

Answer 10

DNA is always located in the nucleus of a cell.

Question 11

What contains ribose?

Answer 11

RNA

Question 12

What is composed of a double strand of nucleotides?

Answer 12

DNA

Question 13

What contains deoxyribose?

Answer 13

DNA

Question 14

What contains uracil?

Answer 14

RNA

Question 15

What contains thymine?

Answer 15

DNA

Question 16

What is composed of a single strand of nucleotides?

Answer 16

RNA

Question 17

What is RNA?

Answer 17

RNA is a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying information from DNA.

(Copy of DNA)

Question 18

Structure of RNA.

Answer 18

Ribose+Phosphate groups+Nitrogenous base

Question 19

Where is RNA found? I

Answer 19

Nucleus.

Question 20

What are the types of DNA?

Answer 20

rRNA
mRNA
tRNA

Question 21

What is a nucleic acid?

Answer 21

A complex organic substance present in all living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.