DNA and RNA

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A level Biology (Nucleic acids) Quiz on DNA and RNA, created by mbaker25 on 30/05/2013.
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Question 1

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The bases in DNA
Answer
  • Adenine
  • Guanine
  • Thymine
  • Cytosine
  • Uracil

Question 2

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The sugar in RNA
Answer
  • Ribose sugar
  • Deoxyribose sugar

Question 3

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What is the base paring rule?
Answer
  • Adenine to Guanine
  • Thymine to Adenine
  • Cytosine to Thymine
  • Guanine to Cytosine
  • Adenine and Uracil

Question 4

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The number of hydrogen bonds between each base pair
Answer
  • 3 hydrogen bonds between Cytosine and Guanine
  • 3 hydrogen bonds between Adenine and Thymine
  • 2 hydrogen bonds between Adenine and Thymine
  • 2 Hydrogen bonds between Cytosine and Guanine

Question 5

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What are both DNA and RNA made of ?
Answer
  • Sugar, nitrogenous base and a phosphate
  • Glycerol, fatty acids and a phosphate
  • Sugar, a base and a hydroxyl group

Question 6

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How many polynucleotide strands in DNA
Answer
  • One
  • Two
  • Four

Question 7

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How is DNA held together in its double helix?
Answer
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Sugar-phosphate bonds
  • Hydrogen bonds and sugar-phosphate bonds

Question 8

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What is a gene?
Answer
  • A section of DNA that codes for a specific sequence of amino acids that form a particular protein
  • A gene is a section of DNA that contains the cell information on how to function and behave

Question 9

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The sugar in DNA
Answer
  • Deoxyribose sugar
  • Ribose sugar

Question 10

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What is the full name of DNA
Answer
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • deoxynitric acid
  • ribonucleic acid
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