Ribonucleic acids

Question 1

What is RNA a polymer of?

Answer 1

RNA nucleotides

Question 2

What pentose sugar does RNA have?

Answer 2

Ribose

Question 3

Bases in RNA:

Answer 3

Adenin, guanine, cytosine and uracil

Question 4

What are the differences between RNA and DNA?

Answer 4

-RNA is shorter whereas DNA is longer
-RNA has uracil whereas DNA has thymine
-RNA is single stranded whereas DNA is double stranded
-DNA has complementary bases whereas RNA isn’t

Question 5

What is mRNA?

Answer 5

Messenger RNA carry and direct cells to making proteins

Question 6

Properties of mRNA:

Answer 6

Single stranded, linear polynucleotide copy of a gene

Question 7

What is tRNA?

Answer 7

Brings amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis to produce a new sequence + hold them

Question 8

Properties of tRNA:

Answer 8

Single stranded polynucleotide folded into a cloverleaf shape

Question 9

What is rRNA?

Answer 9

Help the proteins to function properly as part of the ribosome

Question 10

Properties of rRNA:

Answer 10

Forms anticodons