Sort these nucleotide building blocks by their name or classification.

Sort the parts of a nucleic acid according to whether they occur exclusively in DNA or RNA, or if they occur in both forms of nucleic acid.

What is the abbreviation for deoxythymidine-5'-monophosphate?

Name the nucleotide dAMP with its complete name.

deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate

During DNA replication, an open section of DNA, in which a DNA polymerase can replicate DNA, is called a _______.

replication fork

________ are the short sections of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand of the replicating DNA.

Okazaki fragments

After replication is complete, the new DNAs, called _______ , are identical to each other.

daughter DNA

The new DNA strand that grows continuously in the 5' to 3' direction is called the _________.

leading strand

The enzyme that can replicate DNA is called _______.

DNA polymerase

Which of the following is a major function of nucleic acids?

storage and transfer of genetic information

DNA is primarily located in what part of the cell?

nucleus

A region on the DNA strand that carries the information needed for the synthesis of a specific protein is called a gene.

What are the repeating units in nucleic acids?

nucleotides

The chemical combination of ribose and one of the five nitrogen bases results in formation of a

nucleoside.

A nucleotide is composed of a ________ with a ________ added to it.

nucleoside; phosphate group

Which base is normally found in RNA but not in DNA?

uracil

The sugar found in an RNA nucleotide is ________.

D-ribose

The backbone of a nucleic acid molecule consists of

alternating sugar and phosphate groups linked by phosphate ester bonds.

What is the complementary strand for a single DNA strand with the sequence TCGA?

AGCT

The process of manufacturing an identical copy of a DNA molecule is called

replication.

A codon is

a sequence of three nucleotides in RNA that codes for a specific amino acid or for chain termination.

The process in which information from DNA is used to manufacture RNA is called

transcription.

When a new strand of RNA is transcribed from the DNA strand shown, its base sequence will be
Informational strand of DNA: TTACGGAT
Template strand of DNA: AATGCCTA

UUACGGAU

Translation is

making a protein molecule based on information contained in RNA.

Which of the following represents the correct order in the flow of genetic information?
A.) rRNA → mRNA → tRNA
B.) mRNA → tRNA → proteins
C.) mRNA → DNA → proteins
D.) rRNA → mRNA → proteins
E.) DNA → mRNA → proteins

E.) DNA → mRNA → proteins

Pair up the nucleotide bases with their complementary partners.

Write the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence, in order from 3' to 5':
5′−CGATATTGAGCTAAGCTT−3′

3′− GCTATAACTCGATTCGAA −5′