DNA

Question 1

What is DNA ?

Answer 1

It is a polymer that is made up of monomers

Question 2

What are nucleotides ?

Answer 2

The monomers that makes up the polymer DNA

Question 3

What are nucleotides made up of ?

Answer 3

• Phosphate
• Sugar
• Base

Question 4

How many different bases are there ?

Answer 4

4

• Adenine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Guanine

Question 5

How many nucleotides are there in DNA ?

Answer 5

4
One type for each of the different bases

Question 6

How do nucleotides form a polymer ?

Answer 6

The phosphate of one nucleotide bonds to the sugar of the next nucleotide

Question 7

What are the complimentary base pairings ?

Answer 7

A T
Apple in Tree

C G
Car in Garage

Question 8

What is a gene ?

Answer 8

A particular sequence of bases that code for a protein

Question 9

How many bases code for an amino acid ?

Answer 9

3 bases
(Codon)