Practice Components (1.1) - DNA Structure and Function

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Question 1.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
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Think about what makes up a basic unit of DNA.
Question 2.
Which nitrogenous base pairs with Adenine?
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Remember the pairing rules!
3Question 3.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
- Phosphate
- Ribose
- Base
- Phosphate
- Deoxyribose
- Base
- Base
- Sugar
- Nitrogen
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Recall the key components.
4Question 4.
True or False: Cytosine pairs with Adenine in the DNA double helix.
- True
- False
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Remember the pairing rules!
Question 5.
What would happen if the base pairing rules were not followed during DNA replication? Discuss potential outcomes.
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Consider how these triplets of bases create proteins.
Question 6.
Design an experiment that could illustrate the importance of the double helix structure in DNA stability and mutation prevention.
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Think about how the double strands protect the genetic code.

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