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they are the building blocks for proteins -

A

Nucleaic acids

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they are the basic building blocks of life - (all living components are made from this)

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Protein

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DNA stands for -

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deoxy-ribo-nucleic acid

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what is DNA structure -

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double helix

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who determined that DNA is a doublehelix? - two people:

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Waton & Crick

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5
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it carries the heredity code to make proteins -

A

DNA

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the basic unit of DNA -

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Nucleotides

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What three things do nucleotides make up? -

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deoxyribose sugar
phosepahte group
nitrogen base

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How many nitrogen bases are there?

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four

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What are the four bases?

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Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine

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Nitrogen bases are held together by what?

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hydrogen bonds

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What are the complimentary base pairs -

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A & T

C & T

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