What is it?
You've got that super "BASE"
Chemical Structure
Discovering the shape
Base-Pairing Rules
100

What is the abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid?

What is DNA

100
DNA has how many nitrogenous bases?
What is four
100
The type of bond that holds base pairs together is? (Hint: The weaker one)
What is a hydrogen bond
100

DNA has a specific shape called a _____________________, which can be described as a twisted ladder.

What is a double helix

100

In DNA, what is the name for the base pair of A (Adenine)?

What is Thymine

200

DNA is which of following organic molecules? A) A lipid B) A carbohydrate C) A protein D) A nucleic acid

What is D (nucleic acid)

200

What is the name for the base represented by a (G)?

What is Guanine

200

A Nitrogen base is made up of what two main components.

What is Nitrogen and Carbon

200
True/False: DNA exists normally in your cells as a single-strand of nucleotides, having one backbone connected to nitrogenous bases.
What is False (DNA is double-stranded)
200
Base-pairing rules state that G always pairs with _____.
What is C (Cytosine)
300
A nucleic acid is made up of smaller units, or building blocks, called ____________________
What are nucleotides
300
What is the name for the base represented by a (C)?
What is Cytosine
300

After DNA replication there is one original strand and one new strand. This means DNA is what?

What is semiconservative? 

300
Thinking back to the twisted ladder analogy, what do the sides of the ladder represent?
What are the backbones of DNA (made up of sugars and phosphates)
300
If one side of a strand of DNA reads ATCGA, use the base-pair rules to come up with the sequence on the other, complementary strand of the same DNA. (Complementary means matching)
What is TAGCT Because... A=T T=A C=G G=C A=T
400
DNA nucleotides are made up of three components:
What are 1. A sugar 2. A phosphate 3. A nitrogen base (need all 3 to be correct)
400
What is the name for the base represented by a (T)?
What is Thymine
400
Pyrimidines are used to describe nitrogen bases that contain how many rings? (Hint: Think pie for pyrimidine)
What is one ring
400

The two strands of DNA grow in opposite directions. This means the two DNA strands are __________.

What is antiparallel.

400
One strand of DNA reads GGACTTC, what is the sequence on the other, complementary strand?
What is CCTGAAG
500

The sugar in DNA is made up of 5 carbons, what is the specific name for this 5-carbon sugar in DNA? (Hint: the D in DNA)

What is deoxyribose

500

A pyrimidine is a _________  which includes Cytosine and Thymine.

What is a single nitrogen ring

500

A strand of DNA is supported by its "backbones". Which two molecules make up the backbone of DNA?

What are sugars and phosphates

500
A purine is a _______ including Adenine and Guanine.

What is a double nitrogen ring.

500

In RNA, A always pairs with ____.

What is U (Uracil)

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