DNA and RNA Chemical Structure and Function | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is this chemical and what does it do for DNA and RNA?

A phosphate. This chemical bonds the sugar molecules together in the molecules' backbones.

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What does a DNA nucleotide consist of?

A deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base

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Adenine always base pairs with (or hydrogen bonds to) _______________.

Thymine

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Can you name the three nitrogenous bases that qualify as pyrimidines

Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil

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Notice how one strand of DNA appears upside down as it bonds with the other. What do we call this molecular arrangement in DNA strands?

Antiparallel

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What is the name of the sugar found in a DNA molecule?

Deoxyribose

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Guanine always base pairs with (or hydrogen bonds to) ______________.

Cytosine

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What is a gene in DNA?

A gene is a small section of DNA that codes for a specific protein or trait.

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In a RNA molecules Uracil takes the place of ___________.

Thymine

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What are amino acids? What do they have to do with DNA?

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. DNA provides the instructions to assemble them into the correct sequence to make a protein.

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Choose letter A, B, C or D. Which chemical is a nitrogenous base?

Chemical C is the nitrogenous base

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Can you name two organelles in a eukarytic cell that contain DNA?

Both the nucleus and the mitochondria contain DNA

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