1. Nucleic acids are polymers of _____________. 2. The monomers of nucleic acids consist of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and __________.
3. ____________ provides directions for its own replication. It also directs cell activities by providing instructions for building proteins.
4. A gene provides the directions to build a molecule of ; the genetic instructions it carries are then translated into the amino acid sequence of a protein. True / False
5. A polynucleotide has a repeating backbone. True / False
6. The structure of DNA is a__________ , held together by the complementary base-pairing of cytosine with guanine, and adenine with thymine.
7. RNA usually consists of a single strand. True / False