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Date November 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19N.3.hl.TZ0.13a
Level hl Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
Command term List Question number a Adapted from N/A
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19N.3.hl.TZ0.13a

DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, is made up of nucleotides.

(a)

List two components of nucleotides.

[1]

Markscheme

Any two correct for [1]:
pentose «sugar»
OR
deoxyribose ✔

phosphate/phosphato «group»/residue of phosphoric acid ✔

NOTE: Accept “−OPO32−/−OPO3H/−OPO3H2” but not “PO43−”.

«organic» nitrogenous base
OR
nucleobase
OR
nucleic base
OR
purine
OR
pyrimidine ✔

NOTE: Accept the four bases together: “adenine/A, guanine/G, cytosine/C, thymine/T”.
Accept names or formulas.