One degree is 1/360 of the way around a circle and therefore 1/360 of the moon's orbit around the earth. 1/360 of one month is on the order of a couple hours.] This page was last updated June 28, 2015. The Earth.
DNA is negatively charged because of the phosphate group that is in each nucleotide. DNA also has a negative charge because of the phosphate icons in its chemical backbone.â¦.
The sugar and phosphate groups in the helix therefore make up the phosphate backbone of DNA. The backbone is highly negatively charged as a result of the phosphate groups. Next: Page 2 of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids