Base Pairing Rules
Molecules
Nitrogen Bases
Miscellaneous
Labeling a DNA strand
100
This base pairs with G
What is C?
100
This is the type of macromolecule that DNA is.
What is a nucleic acid?
100
The letter A stands for this nitrogen base
What is adenine?
100
This is the official name for the shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
100
In this picture, these are the square molecules with letters in them
What are the nitrogen bases?
200
This base pairs with T
What is A?
200
This is the monomer of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
200
The letter T stands for this nitrogen base
What is thymine?
200
This is how many strands make up a DNA molecule
What is 2 strands?
200
In this picture, these are the orange pentagons
What is the sugar?
300
A DNA sequence reads AGC. This is what the opposite strand reads.
What is TCG?
300
These three molecules make up a nucleotide (must name all 3 correctly)
What is a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base?
300
The letter C stands for this nitrogen base
What is cytosine?
300
True/False: A DNA strand will always have the same amount of A and T
What is true?
300
In this picture these are the green circles
What are phosphate groups?
400
A DNA strand has 20% G. This is the percentage of C in the DNA strand
What is 20%?
400
This part(s) of a nucleotide make up the "backbone" of DNA.
What is the phosphate and sugar?
400
The letter G stands for this nitrogen base
What is guanine?
400
True/False: A DNA strand will always have the same amount of G and T?
What is false?
400
In this picture, these two structures make up the backbone (name the two structures and where they are on the picture)
What is the phosphate and sugar (green circle and orange pentagon)?
500
A DNA strand has 45% A. This is the percentage of G in the DNA strand.
What is 5%?
500
This part(s) of a nucleotide make up the middle, or "rungs", of DNA.
What is the nitrogen base?
500
This bond holds the nitrogen bases together
What is a hydrogen bond?
500
This is what DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
500
These dashed lines between the bases represent this item
What is a hydrogen bond?