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Nucleic Acid Worksheet

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What elements are nucleic acids made of?

Question 2

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Both RNA and DNA are made of these monomers (building blocks).

Question 3

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Name the three parts of a nucleotide.

Question 4

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What are the two types of nucleic acids in the body?

Question 5

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Nucleic acids are the organic compounds that control the making of _and contain the _____ to pass on to the next generation.

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Question 20

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Which picture represents a nucleic acid.

Identify the purine base of nucleic acids in the following.

Cytosine

Thymine

Uracil

Adenine

Which of the following are not the components of RNA?

Thymine

Adenine

Guanine

Cytosine

What is the composition of a nucleotide?

a sugar + a phosphate

a base + a sugar

a base + a phosphate

a base + a sugar + phosphate

DNA is single stranded.

True

False

RNA is single stranded.

True

False

RNA is important in protein synthesis.

True

False

RNA carries the genetic information from one generation to another.

True

False

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is a higher energy source than ADP (adenosine diphosphate).

True

False

Which base bonds to adensine in DNA?

Guanine

Cytosine

Thyomine

Ucarine

Which base bonds to adensine in RNA?

Guanine

Cytosine

Thyomine

Uracil

Which base bonds to Guanine in RNA?

Guanine

Cytosine

Thyomine

Uracil

Which base bonds to Guanine in DNA?

Guanine

Cytosine

Thyomine

Ucarine

The bond between the bases in DNA are ___________________ bonds.

glycosidic

hydrogen

peptide

covalent

The polymer made from nucleitides is called _________________________.

polynucleotide

polynucleic acid

polypeptide

polymerase