| A | B |
|---|
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| Nucleic Acid | A long chain of nucleotides |
| Nucleotide | contains a 5 carbon sugar |
| Deoxyribose | 5 carbon sugar found in DNA nucleotides |
| Ribose | 5 carbon sugar found in RNA nucleotides |
| Phosphate group | phosphorous atom bonded to 4 oxygen atoms |
| Nitrogenous Base | nitrogen-rich molecule found in nucleotides |
| Adenine | double ring nucleotide which pairs with thymine |
| Thymine | single ring nucleotide which pairs with adenine |
| Guanine | double ring nucleotide which pairs with cyotsine |
| Cytosine | single ring nucleotide which pairs with guanine |
| sugar-phosphate backbone | how nucleotides are connected to each other to form single strand |
| hydrogen bonds | how two strands of DNA are connected through nitrogenous bases |
| DNA Structure | Sugar-Phosphate backbone Held together by H bonds |
| Complementary pairing | bonding of nucleotides to each other |
