Nucleic Acids (2)

Question 1

*Made up of two parts: purine base and pyrimidine base to form a sugar molecule

*does not have a phosphate group

Answer 1

Nucleosides

Question 2

Building blocks of nucleic acids; composed of a pentose sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base.

Answer 2

Nucleotides

Question 3

difference between a nucleotide and a nucleoside?

? = nitrogenous base + sugar

? = nitrogenous base + sugar + phosphate group

Answer 3

Nucleoside

Nucleotide

Question 4

Double stranded sugar (deoxyribose) phosphate

Base pair

Answer 4

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Question 5

Usually single stranded sugar (ribose) phosphate

Single nucleobase

Answer 5

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)

Question 6

What process converts DNA into RNA

Answer 6

Transcription

Question 7

What process converts RNA to protein

Answer 7

Translation

Question 8

Central Dogma of DNA:

What process turns DNA to mRNA

Answer 8

Transcription

Question 9

Central Dogma of DNA:

What process turns mRNA to Protein

Answer 9

Translation

Question 10

A polymer made up of units called nucleotides

Answer 10

DNA

Question 11

Name the three components that make up Nucleotides

Answer 11

Sugar group, phosphate group, base

Question 12

Name the 4 different bases

Answer 12

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

Question 13

What holds DNA strands together?

Answer 13

Hydrogen bonds