The Difference Between Nucleosides and Nucleotides Is

question 18

Multiple Choice

The difference between nucleosides and nucleotides is

• A) only nucleotides have nitrogenous bases.
• B) a phosphate groups is found in nucleotides but not in nucleosides.
• C) nucleotides have the pentose sugar ribose while nucleosides have the pentose sugar deoxyribose.
• D) in nucleosides the monomers are joined by phosphodiester bonds; in nucleotides the monomers are joined by hydrogen bonds.
• E) nucleosides are the monomers of DNA; nucleotides are the monomers of RNA.

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Definitions:

Initial Learning

The first stage in the learning process, where the basics of a task or knowledge are acquired.

Second-Order CR

A conditioned response elicited by a stimulus that has been associated with another stimulus already established as a conditioned stimulus.

CS

In psychology, CS stands for Conditioned Stimulus, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

US

in the context of conditioning, stands for the Unconditioned Stimulus, which automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.