| I: | a phosphate moiety links the 5’ carbon of one sugar of one nucleotide to the 1’ carbon of the sugar of the succeeding nucleotide. | 
| II: | the backbone of the strand is made up of alternate sugar and nitrogenous bases. | 
| 1. | identical | 
| 2. | coiled around each other | 
| 3. | parallel to each other | 
| 4. | complementary to each other | 
At each step of ascent, the helical strand of DNA turns
| 1. | 36 degree | 2. | 34 degree | 
| 3. | 20 degree | 4. | 180 degree |