Nucleic Acids

1. 1The [blank_start]purine[blank_end] group is known for their 2-ring structure. The [blank_start]pyrimidine[blank_end] group is known for 1-ring structure.

   1. Apurine
   2. Bpyrimidine
2. 2Full name of the monosaccharide found in DNA is [blank_start]2-deoyribose[blank_end] (inc info on stereochemistry).

   1. A2-deoxyribose
3. 3CMP is an abbreviation for the nucleotide [blank_start]cytidine monophosphate[blank_end].

   1. Acytidine monophosphate
4. 4The [blank_start]5'[blank_end] and [blank_start]3'[blank_end] carbon atoms of a nucleoside binds with the the [blank_start]phosphate[blank_end] group to create a [blank_start]nucleotide[blank_end].

   1. A5'
   2. B3'
   3. Cnucleotide
   4. Dphosphate
5. 5DNA has a [blank_start]right[blank_end] handed double helix structure.

   1. Aleft
   2. Bright
6. 6The process of converting information stored in a mRNA strand into a polypeptide is termed [blank_start]translation[blank_end].

   1. Atranslation
7. 7The [blank_start]codon[blank_end] is a sequence of [blank_start]3[blank_end] nucleotides coding for [blank_start]1[blank_end] amino acid/s. There are [blank_start]61 codons[blank_end] that code amino acids and [blank_start]3[blank_end] stop.

   1. Acodon
   2. B3
   3. C1
   4. D61
   5. E3
8. 8The 3 stop codons for RNA are [blank_start]UAG[blank_end] [blank_start]UAA[blank_end] [blank_start]UGA[blank_end]

   1. AUAG
   2. BUAA
   3. CUGA
9. 9[blank_start]tRNA[blank_end] is the molecule invovled in transporting amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain.

   1. AtRNA
10. 10The term used to describe the fact there are multiple codons encoding for the same amino acid. [blank_start]Codon degeneracy[blank_end]

    1. ACodon degeneracy

11. 11Nucleic acids are [blank_start]unbranched[blank_end] polymers composed of repeating monomers called [blank_start]nucleotides[blank_end].

    1. Abranched
    2. Bunbranched
    3. Cnucleosides
    4. Dnucleotides
12. 12The full name of RNA's monosaccharide is [blank_start]ribose[blank_end].

    1. Aribose
13. 13RNA contains [blank_start]uracil[blank_end] instead of thymine nucleobases in DNA.

    1. Auracil
14. 14The double helix in DNA is stabilized by [blank_start]hydrogen[blank_end] bonding between bases.

    1. Ahydrogen
15. 15Messenger (mRNA) carries information from DNA to [blank_start]ribosomes[blank_end].

    1. Aribosomes
16. 16The 5 nitrogen containing bases are A[blank_start]denine[blank_end], U[blank_start]racil[blank_end], G[blank_start]uanine[blank_end], T[blank_start]hymine[blank_end] and C[blank_start]ytosine[blank_end].

    1. Adenine
    2. Bracil
    3. Cuanine
    4. Dhymine
    5. Eytosine
17. 17For DNA Adenine is always paired to [blank_start]Thymine[blank_end]

    1. AAdenine
    2. BGuanine
    3. CCytosine
    4. DUracil
    5. EThymine
18. 18Guanine is always paired with [blank_start]Cytosine[blank_end]

    1. AGuanine
    2. BUracil
    3. CCytosine
    4. DAdenine
    5. EThymine
19. 19In RNA, [blank_start]Adenine[blank_end] is paired with Uracil

    1. AAdenine
    2. BThymine
    3. CCytosine
    4. DGuanine
    5. EUracil
20. 20The 6 sided pyrimidine group include [blank_start]Cytosine[blank_end], [blank_start]Thymine[blank_end] and [blank_start]Uracil[blank_end]

    1. ACytosine
    2. BThymine
    3. CUracil
21. 21The 5 sided double ring purines include which bases? [blank_start]___[blank_end] and [blank_start]______[blank_end]

    1. AAdenosine
    2. BGuanine
22. 22dAMP is an abbreviation for the nucleotide [blank_start]_______[blank_end], a monomer used in DNA

    1. Adeoxyadenoside monophosphate
23. 23The phosphate group binds by a [blank_start]phosphodiester[blank_end] linkage to the [blank_start]5'[blank_end] carbon of another sugar in order to create a nucleotide

    1. Aphosphodiester
    2. B5'
24. 24What process results in the base sequence of DNA being replicated as a singe stranded RNA molecule? [blank_start]transcription[blank_end]

    1. Atranscription
25. 25Term of the RNA molecule the "brings" amino acids to the growing polypeptide. [blank_start]tRNA[blank_end]

    1. AtRNA
26. 26The [blank_start]coding strand[blank_end] is the name given to the DNA strand that RNA polymerase uses to create an mRA molecule.

    1. Acoding strand

Description

Biological Chemistry Quiz on Nucleic Acids, created by Alana Davey on 24/11/2017.

Author

Alana Davey

Language

English

Views

4

Tags

biological chemistry

Rating

No ratings yet

Rate this quiz

Rate this quiz

More on DNA and RNA Structure and Properties