Filtration is a separation technique in which solid particles suspended in liquid medium are separated by allowing the mixture through the pores of the filter paper. By this solid particles get collect on filter paper and liquid drains out from the pores of the filter paper.
The chronological order for given steps will be:
Weigh and fold the filter paper.
Place the filter paper in the funnel, then place the funnel in the Erlenmeyer flask.
Allow the solid/liquid mixture to drain through the filter.
Use water to rinse the filter paper containing the mixture.
When there are 14c-lable uracil that are added to the growth medium of cells, the macromolecules that will be labled are RNA. Uracil is a nucleobase that make up the DNA or the RNA. In RNA, uracil binds with other nucleobase (adenine) through hydrogen bonds.