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| What elements do nucleic acids contain? |
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| Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. |
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| The three parts to a nucleotide are... |
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| Phosphate, pentose sugar and nitrogenous base. |
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| When 2 nucleotides bond, the bond is between which two parts? |
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| Phosphate and pentose sugar. |
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| The 4 different nitrogenous bases in DNA are... |
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| Guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine. |
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| Of the 4 nitrogenous bases, which bond with which. |
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| Adenine and thymine bond, and guanine and cytosine bond. |
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| On a diagram of a DNA strand, the outer support is called a "____ ____" backbone |
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| The bond between 2 nitrogen bases in DNA is what kind of bond? |
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| The 4 nitrogen bases in RNA are... |
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| Adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil. |
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| How do the nitrogen bases in RNA bond differently than that of DNA? |
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| RNA can bond in any order, DNA must be specifically paired. |
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| The three different kinds of RNA are... |
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| Messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA)and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). |
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