Nucleotides - Coding Molecules

Question 1

What are the two forms Nucleic acids come in?

Answer 1

Nucleic acids come in two forms, DNA and RNA.

Question 2

What are the monomers of Nucleic Acids?

Answer 2

Nucleotides.

Question 3

What do Nucleotides contain?

Answer 3

Contains a phosphate group, sugar molecule, and one organic nitrogenous base - joined by covalent bonds.

Question 4

What differs the various Nucleic acids?

Answer 4

Phosphate group always the same, sugar either deoxyribose/ribose, and 5 bases.

Question 5

What joins adjacent molecules?

Answer 5

Condensation reaction between phosphate group and sugar of adjacent molecule.

Question 6

What Nucleotides can bond together?

Answer 6

Only nucleotides carrying the same sugar bind together.

Question 7

What are the types of Nucleotides and how many rings do they have?

Answer 7

Purines (Adenine/Guanine) have two carbon rings. Pyrimidines (Thymine/Uracil/Cytosine) have one ring.