Explanation: A polymer is a large molecule that is built up from multiple smaller building blocks in a repetitive manner. The building blocks of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA are nucleotides (see image). ... Both DNA and RNA are polymers.

Are nucleic acids polymers?

The nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are the molecules responsible for carrying the genetic information of a cell. In the same way that proteins are polymers of amino acids, nucleic acids are long chain “polymers” of nucleotide building blocks.

Why are nucleic acids polymers of nucleotides?

RNA stands for ribonucleic acid. Nucleic acids are long chainlike molecules composed of building blocks called nucleotides. ... Each nucleic acid contains four of five possible nitrogen-containing bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil. Thus the nucleic acids consist of polymers of nucleotides.