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Nucleic Acid Work Sheet Answer Key

This worksheet for Grade 10 students covers multiple choice questions related to nucleic acids, specifically DNA and RNA. It includes questions on the structure, function, and differences between DNA and RNA. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of nucleic acids in information transfer and protein synthesis.

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Nucleic Acid Work Sheet Answer Key

This worksheet for Grade 10 students covers multiple choice questions related to nucleic acids, specifically DNA and RNA. It includes questions on the structure, function, and differences between DNA and RNA. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of nucleic acids in information transfer and protein synthesis.

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Grade 10 AVA1/AVB1 Ms.

Wafaa Beqai
Nucleic Acids
Date: -11-2023
Work Sheet

Question One: Multiple Choice Questions


1. Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

A. double helix
B. contains ribose
C. made of amino acids
D. contains Uracil

2. Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

A. amino acids
B. nucleotides
C. fatty acids
D. polysaccharides

3. Which sequence of DNA would be complementary to this sequence?


ATG TGA CAG

A. ATG TGA CAG


B. TAC ACT GTC
C. GTA AGT GAC
D. CAT TCA CTG

4. Adenine bonds with ______________.

A. Guanine
B. Thymine
C. Cytosine
D. Adenine

5. Why is DNA important?

A. it is very small and very complicated


B. it's in everything
C. it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
D. because we eat it every day for energy

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Grade 10 AVA1/AVB1 Ms. Wafaa Beqai

6. Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and a _____.

A. nitrogenous base
B. nucleic acid
C. cholesterol
D. fatty acid

7. What molecules do both DNA and RNA contain?

A. uracil
B. nucleotides
C. thymine
D. deoxyribose

8. Which of the following is the blueprint for the production of RNA within a cell?

A. DNA
B. protein
C. ATO
D. carbohydrate

9. Which of the following best describes how DNA and RNA are similar?

A. they both contain A and T


B. They both have a double helix
C. They are both composed of 5 different nucleotides
D. they both have C and G

10. RNA is different from DNA in ___.

A. RNA is single stranded


B. RNA has uracil
C. RNA has the sugar ribose
D. All of these

11. What is the five carbon sugar found in RNA?

A. Ribose
B. Deoxyribose
C. Glucose
D. Sucrose

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Grade 10 AVA1/AVB1 Ms. Wafaa Beqai

Question two:
Nucleic acids are naturally occurring chemical compounds that serve as the
primary information-carrying molecules in cells. They play an especially
important role in directing protein synthesis. The two main classes of nucleic
acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).
Differentiate the main differences between DNA and RNA

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