Name: ____________________________________________

Complete the statement using one of the following terms:

Deoxyribose Adenine Nucleus

Phosphate Thymine Genetic code
Nitrogenous base Guanine Watson and Crick
Replication Cytosine Nucleotides
Mutation Hydrogen bonds Covalent bonds
Genes Helix

1. The fundamental structural unit of the DNA molecule is the

________________________.

2. The sugar that is found in DNA is ___________________________________.

3. In RNA, cytosine binds with ___________________________.

4. A nucleotide consists of a sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a

_____________________________.

5. The chemical bond that hold the nitrogenous bases together in DNA and RNA is
_______________________________________.

6. In DNA, adenine bonds to _________________________________.

7. The RNA molecule is described as a single-stranded ________________________.

8. A mistake in the replication of a DNA molecule results in a(n)

_______________________________.

9. The scientists who discovered the structure of DNA were named

__________________________________________________________.

10.The sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA (such as tRNA) is held together by

_________________________________________.

11.The monomers of RNA are ____________________________________.

Complete the statement using one of the following terms:

Ribose Adenine Nucleus

Phosphate Uracil Cytoplasm
Nitrogenous base Guanine Nucleotides
Transcription Cytosine
Ribosomal RNA Messenger RNA
Thymine Translation

1. What is the sugar found in RNA is ___________________________________.

2. In RNA, guanine bonds to ___________________________.

3. Which nitrogenous base is not found in RNA _________________________________.

4. Transcription takes place in the _______________________________.

5. In RNA, adenine bonds to _________________________________.

6. The building blocks of of RNA are ____________________________________.

7. Protein synthesis takes place in the ______________________________________.

8. This type of RNA carries the instructions for making proteins

________________________________________________.
Answer the following questions based on the section of the DNA molecule you see below:

____________________________1. What is part A.

____________________________2. What is part B.

____________________________3. What do parts, C, D, and E represent?

____________________________4. What holds C to D and E to F?

____________________________5. What is the name for the unit that contains

parts A, B, and E.

____________________________6. If C represents adenine, what is D?

____________________________7. If E represents guanine, what is F?

____________________________8. Which letters contain the genetic code?

____________________________9. How many strands does RNA have?

____________________________10. What term describes the shape of DNA?

Name: ____________________________________________
Show the base pairing that results in new strands of DNA and RNA:

DNA RNA

A _____ _____ T _____ _____

T _____ _____ C _____ _____
C _____ _____ A _____ _____
G _____ _____ G _____ _____
A _____ _____ T _____ _____
T _____ _____ A _____ _____
G _____ _____ C _____ _____
C _____ _____ G _____ _____
T _____ _____ A _____ _____
C _____ _____ G _____ _____

1. How do these strands differ from each other?

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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2. How do the new strands compare to the original strand from which they came?
________________________________________________________________________
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