DNA and RNA
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- Q1What is name of the double-stranded nucleic acid that can replicate and code for inherited traits like eye color?DNAProteinRNA30s
- Q2What are the building blocks of DNA or RNA-also called bases?ReplicationTranscriptionNucleotides30s
- Q3What is the name for the pair of parallel backbones with rungs in between; looks like a spiral staircaseCodonAnti-codonDouble helix30s
- Q4What is the nucleotide or base that matches with thymine in DNA or with uracil in RNA.CytosineGuanineAdenine30s
- Q5What is the nucleotide or base that matches with adenine in DNA.CytosineGuanineThymine30s
- Q6What is the nucleotide or base that matches with cytosine in DNA or RNA.UracilGuanineThymine30s
- Q7What is the nucleotide or base that matches with guanine in DNA or in RNA.CytosineUracilAdenine30s
- Q8What is the nucleotide or base that matches with adenine in RNA.GuanineUracilCytosine30s
- Q9What is the name of the sugar included in the backbone of RNA.DeoxyriboseGlucoseRibose30s
- Q10What is the name of the sugar included in the backbone of DNA.GlucoseRiboseDeoxyribose30s
- Q11What are the building blocks of proteins-they form long chains to build a single protein.PhosphatesNucleotidesAmino acids30s
- Q12What brings the amino acids to the ribosome during translationM-RNAR-RNAT-RNA30s
- Q13What cellular process happens outside the nucleus? The RNA message or language is turned into a protein.TranslationTranscriptionReplication30s
- Q14What are the base pairs called that match with the M-RNA codon sequence.AnticodonCodonDeoxyribose30s
- Q15What are the base pairs in groups of 3 called on the MRNACodonsAmino-acidsAnti-codons30s