Hydrogen Bonds Are Not as Strong as Ionic or Covalent

question 6

Multiple Choice

Hydrogen bonds are not as strong as ionic or covalent bonds,but they are able to hold the DNA double helix together because

• A) there are so many of them.
• B) there are so few of them.
• C) the hydrogen bonds in DNA are different than the hydrogen bonds in other molecules.
• D) the hydrogen bonds in DNA also have a very special type of molecular glue.
• E) ten of them form between each DNA base pair.

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