Question

Which nucleic acid is pictured on the right? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

RNA is pictured on the right, with one strand of nucleotides consisting of a phosphate group, the sugar ribose, and one of four nitrogenous bases.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Nucleic Acids:

- Uracil

- Adenine

- Guanine

- Cytosine

Explanation:

Since we only have one strand shown, I'm going to assume it is RNA. Both DNA and RNA have nucleic acids, but RNA has 1 different nucleic acid; it replaces Thymine with Uracil. So the 4 nucleic acids are uracil, adenine, guanine, and cytosine.

If the picture shown is a cross-section of DNA, then our 4 nucleic acids are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.