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| What is to be stored and transferred to the parents offspring? | genetic information |
| What are the two main types of nucleic acids? | RNA and DNA |
| What is the subunits of nucliec acids? | nucleotides |
| What are three parts of a nucleotide? | sugar molecule, phosphate group, and nitrogen base |
| What sugar molecule is found in DNA? | deoxyribose |
| What sugar molecule is found in RNA? | ribose |
| What does RNA stand for? | ribonucleic acids |
| How many strands are in a DNA molecule? | two |
| How many strands are in a RNA molecule? | one |
| What is the name of the DNA that looks like a "twisted ladder"? | double-helix |
| What is the other side of this nucleotode "ATTAGCCG"? | TAATCGGC |
| What are the base pairing rules? | "A to T" and "G to C" |
| What allows nucleotides to become long strands? | " the backbones" (sugar-phosphate) |
| What is the alternating pattern of nucleic acids? | "sugar-phosphate backbones" |
| What holds the complementary base pairs together? | hydrogen bonds |
| What is the process of making an exact copy of DNA called? | DNA replication |
| What seperates the hydrogen bonds? | Helicase enzymes |
| What does RNA have that DNA doesn't have? | uracil |
| What is the y-shape "fork" called? | replication fork |
| What serve as a template for the dauther molecule? | The old DNA molecule |
