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BSMT2B

Nucleic Acids Pre-Reading Activity 

1. Label the structure of the nucleotide below. There should be three main components
that you focus on.  

2. What type of base was in the previous structure? Draw the other type of base  that can be in a
nucleotide.  

3. The difference between a nucleoside and a nucleotide is that a nucleoside will  not have a
_________________.  

4. The two major purine bases are ______________ and ______________, while  the three
possible pyrimidine bases are _____________, ______________ and ________________.  

Which pyrimidine base is specific to DNA and which is specific to RNA?

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Nucleic Acids Pre-Reading Activity 

5. Draw the different structures for each base and write the name for their  nucleoside
and nucleotide forms.
Adenine

Guanine

Cytosine

Thymine
Uracil

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