DNA & RNA
Mixed
Nucleic Acids
DNA Replication
Nucleotides
100
What does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribosnucleic acid
100

An enzyme responsible for unwinding the double helix.

DNA helicase

100
Where is DNA primarily found?
What is the nucleus
100
The base of adenine bonds to what?
What is thymine
100
Three subunit molecules in which a pentose sugar is bonded to a phosphate group and a nitrogen base
What is a nucleotide
200
DNA's primary function.
What is to store and transfer genetic information
200

A nucleic acid monomer is called:

A Nucleotide

200
RNA contains this pentose sugar.
What is ribose
200
What kind of bonds hold together base pairs?
What are hydrogen bonds
200
Name all 3 units found in a nucleotide (In alphabetical order )
What is Base, Phosphate, Sugar.
300
Primary function of RNA.
What is to synthesize proteins
300

Which of the following is NOT one of the nitrogenous bases found in DNA?

a. Adenine

b. Cytosine

c. Guanine

d. Thymine

e. Uracil

e. Uracil

300
DNA contains this pentose sugar.
What is 2-deoxyribose
300
What is the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix?
What is DNA helicase
300
the subunit found at the 5' end
What is phosphate
400
One key difference between RNA and DNA
What is RNA is single stranded while DNA is double stranded, RNA is found in both nucleus and cytoplasm while DNA is only in nucleus, DNA contains deoxyribose while RNA contains ribose
400

Which enzyme is responsible for laying down the daughter nucleotides during DNA replication?

a. DNA helicase

b. DNA ligase

c. DNA Polymerase

d. RNA Polymerase

c. DNA Polymerase

400
The kind of interaction that holds the two strands of DNA together
What are hydrogen bonds
400
The direction that DNA polymerase reads DNA
What is 3'-5'
400
The pentose sugar found in RNA
What is ribose
500

What are the backbone of a DNA molecule?

Deoxyribose and phosphate group

500

A phosphodiester bond links:

A sugar and phosphate group

500
The 5 nitrogen-containing heterocyclic bases are categorized into these two groups.
What are pyrimidines and purines
500
The way that DNA insures that it makes an exact copy
What is semi conservative replication
500
Which direction is the nucleic acid sequence made?
What is 5' to 3'
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