Biology: Nucleic Acids

1.____________ uses the information in 2___________ to assemble the 3____________________ to make proteins.

1. RNA 2. DNA 3. amino acids

How many bases of RNA represent an amino acid?

3

There are _______ hydrogen bonds between cytosine and guanine.

3

A molecule of ________ is shaped like a double helix, which makes it look like a spiral staircase.

DNA

A nucleic acid that consists of one polynucleotide chain that helps in making proteins in a cell is __________.

RNA

What is part of a nucleotide?

nitrogen base, sugar, phosphate group

Each _________ consists of three smaller molecules: a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.

nucleotide

DNA is made from two complimentary chains of ___________.

nucleotides

Any chain of nucleotides that join together to make a nucleic acid can be called a(n) ______________.

polynucleotide

What does a nucleotide consist of?

sugar, phosphate group, nitrogen base