In this activity you will determine which components are fou

In this activity, you will determine which components are found in all DNA nucleotides and which are found only in some DNA nucleotides. Two components are common to all four DNA nucleotides, and one component differs. Drag each of the following terms to the appropriate column

Solution

Answer:

Found in all DNA nucleotides: Deoxyribose sugar, Phosphate.

Found only in specific DNA nucleotides: Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine.

DNA is comprised of two strands of building blocks called DNA nucleotides. Each DNA nucleotide contains a phosphate group, a deoxyribose sugar, and a nitrogen-containing base. The two components – the phosphate group and deoxyribose sugar – are common to all DNA nucleotides, while the nitrogen-containing base group will vary.

There are four types of nitrogen-containing bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine, (G), thymine (T). These bases interact in specific ways, with adenine forming hydrogen bonds with thymine, and guanine pairing with cytosine. These complementary base pair interactions connect the two strands of DNA, which then twist to form the characteristic helical structure of DNA.