A1.2 Nucleic Acids
11 review questions with answers for A1.2 Nucleic Acids, marked SL and HL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
Nitrogenous bases with a single-ring structure (C, T, U)?
- Nucleosome
- PyrimidinesRight answer
- Nucleotide
- Deoxyribose
All 11 questions and answers
Nitrogenous bases with a single-ring structure (C, T, U)?
Answer: Pyrimidines
Nitrogenous bases with a double-ring structure (A, G)?
Answer: Purines
Structure formed when DNA is wrapped around eight histone proteins?
Answer: Nucleosome
What discovery stated that in any DNA sample, the amount of A = T and G = C?
Answer: Chargaff's Rules
Which elements make up nucleic acids?
Answer: CHONP
The monomer of a nucleic acid (sugar + phosphate + base)?
Answer: Nucleotide
Five-carbon sugar specifically found in DNA?
Answer: Deoxyribose
Five-carbon sugar specifically found in RNA?
Answer: Ribose
Covalent bond linking the 3' carbon of one nucleotide to the 5' phosphate of the next?
Answer: Phosphodiester bond
Term describing the opposite orientation of the two DNA strands?
Answer: Antiparallel
The specific pairing rule for DNA: A with T (2 H-bonds) and G with C (3 H-bonds)?
Answer: Complementary base pairing
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.