Name: __________________________________________

Date: _______________

Quiz name: DNA vs. RNA

1.

Which of the following isNOTone of the nitrogenous bases present in RNA?.

Adenine

Guanine

Cytosine

Uracil

Thymine

2.

The three types of RNA are rRNA, mRNA, and dRNA..

True

False

3.

One difference between RNA and DNA is that RNA....

Contains adenine

Has a phosphate - sugar backbone

Is involved in making proteins

Can move around the cell

4.

The sugrar molecule in DNA is ribose..

True

False

5.

If you were forced to destroy either all of the DNA in the cell or all the RNA in the cell, which
would you destroy? Explain why this choice would allow the cell to survive while the other would
not..

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