DNA quiz
The two bases that are pyrimidines ——- and ——. These bases are comprised of —— rings
Cytosine and thymine 1
Which nucleotide component contains nitrogen
Base
What parts of the nucleotide make up the rungs of the ladder
Nitrogen bases
The two bases that are purines are —— and —-. These bases are comprised of —— rings
Adenine and Guanine 2
Based on the information, scientists could predict that the base ——— pairs with ——— and the base ———- pairs with ———- in the formation of the DNA molecule
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
Name the 4 nitrogen bases
Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine
The rungs of the ladder are
Antiparallel
What do the letters DNA stand for
Deoxribose - sugar NA - nucleic acid
What kind of sugar is found in a nucleotide
Deoxyribose sugar
What parts of the nucleotides make up the sides (backbone) of the ladder
Deoxyribose sugar and phosphate
Base cytosine pairs with
Guanine
The bases are paired by ——— bonds along the axis of the molecule
Hydrogen
DNA is a polymer which means that is made up of many repeating single units (monomers). What are the monomers called
Nucleotides
What are the 3 parts of the nucleotide
Phosphate, deoxyribose sugar, and nitrogen containing base
The backbone of the DNA molecule is made up of two alternating components, what are these
Sugar, phosphate, sugar, phosphate
When one nucleotide contains adenine, what type of base is the adenine attached to on the opposite nucleotide strand
Thymine
There are 4 different types of monomer what are they
Thymine Adenine Guanine Cytosine Adenine = thymine Guanine = cytosine
These 2 bases of 2 different types of molecules : purine and pyrimidines. Purines have ———- rings in their structure and pyridimidines have ——- rinds in their structure
Two, one
