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Worksheet Getting To Know DNA and RNA Structure

DNA and RNA have some key differences in their structure: DNA contains deoxyribose sugar and is a double-stranded helix located in the cell nucleus. It contains the bases adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine which pair in a specific way. RNA contains ribose sugar, is single-stranded, and is found in the cytoplasm and nucleolus. It contains adenine, guanine, cytosine but replaces thymine with uracil. RNA helps synthesize proteins from DNA instructions.

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Worksheet Getting To Know DNA and RNA Structure

DNA and RNA have some key differences in their structure: DNA contains deoxyribose sugar and is a double-stranded helix located in the cell nucleus. It contains the bases adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine which pair in a specific way. RNA contains ribose sugar, is single-stranded, and is found in the cytoplasm and nucleolus. It contains adenine, guanine, cytosine but replaces thymine with uracil. RNA helps synthesize proteins from DNA instructions.

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SCIENCE 10

NAME Francheska Mari G. Baetiong SECTION Einstein


Activity No_
Getting to Know DNA and RNA Structures

Part A: Directions: Fill in the comparison table below and answer the questions that follow.

Basis of Comparison DNA RNA


No. of Strands 2 1
Location in the cell Nucleaus of the cell Nucleolus and cytoplasm
Type of sugar deoxyribose sugar ribose
Nitrogenous Base pair adenine (A) and thymine (T), Adenine and guanine pair
cytosine (C) and guanine (G) with cytosine to form uracil
pairs.

Part B: Complete the following statements.


1. The letters “DNA” stands for _Deoxyribonucleic acid__.
2. DNA is located in the _____nucleus______ of the cell and makes up the __chromosomes__ found there. DNA is often called the
_control center_ of an organism as it controls the development of the organism.
3. DNA is composed of smaller subunits known as __nucleotides __.
4. The three parts of a nucleotide are __sugar__, ___ Nitrogenous Base __, and __ Phosphate Group __.
5. DNA has 5 Carbon sugar called _ deoxyribose _
6. The four nitrogen bases that are found in DNA are __ adenine (A) __, __ thymine (T) __, __ cytosine (C) __ and _____
guanine (G) _.
7. Two of the nitrogen bases are single-ring structures known as _ pyrimidines _. These two bases are _Cytosine _and__
Thymine _.
8. The other two bases are double-ring structures known as _ purines_. These two bases are __Adenine _ and __Guanine _.
9. _ James Watson _ and _Francis Crick _ are the two scientists who discovered the structure of the DNA molecule.
10. DNA looks like a ladder twisted into a shape known as a _double helix_.
11. The two molecules that make up the sides of the ladder or the side portion of a DNA molecule are __deoxyribose sugar
molecules _ and _phosphate molecules _.
12. The molecules that meet across the middle, forming the steps of the “ladder’” are known as __ Nitrogen bases __.
13. Which nitrogen bases always pair with one another? These bases are complimentary bases as Adenine (A) bonds only with
_thymine (T)_, and Guanine (G) bonds only with __cytosine (C) _.
14. “RNA” stands for _Ribonucleic acid _.
15. In RNA, bases are __Adenine__ (A ), __Thymine_ ( T), __Cytosine__ (C), and __Guanine_ ( G). These bases are called
complimentary bases as Adenine bonds only with ___Thymine__ and Guanine bonds only with __Cytosine__.

Part C: Compare and contrast the following about DNA and RNA using the following:
Full-name Nitrogen base
Shape Purines and pyrimidines
Number of strands Purpose
Sugar Location
Phosphate group

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