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Please help me with this-example-1
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Answer:

DNA: thymine, deoxyribose, large molecule, stay in the nucleus

RNA: single strand, uracil, leave the nucleus, small molecule

Step-by-step explanation:

As for single strand, it's well known that DNA has two strands while RNA has one.

For the description that asks about thymine, you have to remember the nucleotide bases in DNA and RNA. Remember that DNA's bases are A, C, T, and G, while RNA has all the same bases except for T (which stands for thymine). In RNA, the thymine is replaced with uracil, usually abbreviated as U. That sorts out the descriptions that ask for thymine and uracil.

To figure out the one that asks for deoxyribose, remember that DNA has deoxyribose and RNA has ribose (hence why DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid while RNA is just ribonucleic acid.)

For the large molecule/small molecule ones and the questions that ask about the size of the molecule, remember that DNA is a way bigger molecule than RNA and that RNA is small enough to leave the nucleus, while DNA is much too valuable to the cell to be able to leave the nucleus.

Hope this helps!

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