What is the main function of DNA
Energy Storage
To make a person
Information Store
What is the main function of RNA
Read and Translate information
Create Ribosomes
What are Nucleotides
A Polymer of Nucleic Acids
A Monomer of Nucleic Acids
What 3 components make up a Nucleotide?
A Phosphate Group
A Carbohydrate
A Sugar Molecule
An Amino Acid
A Protein
An Organic Nitrogenous Base
How are the three sub-units in Nucleic Acids joined together?
Hydrogen Bonds
Covalent Bonds
Metallic Bonds
What 2 Groups are the 5 Organic Bases grouped into?
Purines
Piramines
Pyrimidines
What is the difference between a Purine and a Pyrimidine?
Pyrimidine has a 2 ring structure whereas a Purine has a one ring structure.
Pyrimidine has a double chain.
Purines have a 2 ring structure whereas a Pyrimidine has a 1 ring structure.
What does too much Nucleic Acid cause?
dehydration
sickness
diarrhoea
gout
How does too much Nucleic Acid cause Gout?
The excess Nucleic acid travel to the capillaries under the skin and cause the skin to swell.
Uric acid forms crystals that are deposited in joints at the extremities
What is the name of the polymer of Nucleotide monomers?
Polytide
Polynucleotide
polymonomer
What are the complementary base pairing rules?
Adenine pairs with Cytosine and Thymine pairs with Guanine.
Adenine pairs with Thymine and Cytosine pairs with Guanine.
Thymine pairs with Cytosine and Adenine pairs with Guanine
What is the number of Hydrogen bonds between Thymine and Adenine
3
4
2
What is the number of Hydrogen bonds between Guanine and Cytosine?
At what part of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Interphase
What enzyme unzips the DNA helix?
Amylase
Polymerase
Helecase
During DNA replication what acts as a template?
The Nitrogenous Bases
The Sugar-Phosphate backbone
The Hydrogen bonds
The original strand of DNA
The original strand of RNA
In DNA replication what signal the tRNA to collect the Amino Acids and transport them to the ribosomes.
mRNA
rRNA
Primer
What is mRNA?
The coding DNA strand
The original DNA strand
The template