Is DNA a monomer or a polymer?

DNA is a polymer.

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What are the monomers that combine to form DNA?

Nucleotides are the monomers that form DNA (a polymer).

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What are the names of the 4 bases that make DNA?

  1. Adenine (A)
  2. Thymine (T)
  3. Guanine (G)
  4. Cytosine (C)

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What is complementary base pairing?

Complementary base pairing is the idea that DNA bases always pair up in a similar way.

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Which base will adenine (A) always pair with? 

Adenine (A) always pairs with Thymine (T).

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Which base will guanine (G) always pair with? 

Guanine (G) always pairs with cytosine (C).

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How many bases are required to code for an amino acid?

3 bases code for an amino acid.

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What do we call a set of 3 bases, which code for an amino acid?

A 'triplet' or 'codon'.

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Give 3 uses of proteins. 

1Enzymes.


2Hormones.


3Structural proteins.


(there are many more)

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