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| What are the elements found in nucleic acids? |
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| hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus |
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| What are the 2 types of nucleic acid? |
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| What is different between DNA and RNA? |
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| RNA contains ribose, DNA contains deoxyribose |
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| What are the functions of nucleic acids? |
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| They store and transmit hereditary, or genetic, information. |
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| What do we call the monomers that make up nucleic acids? |
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| What 3 parts does each nucleotide contain? |
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| A 5-carbon sugar, a nitrogenous base, a phosphate group |
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| What type of molecule is a nucleic acid? |
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| What do nucleotides containing ATP help with? |
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| capturing and transferring chemical energy |
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| What bonds join nucleotides to make nucleic acids? |
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