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¦.
In an aqueous environment, like inside the cell, the phosphate groups are negatively charged, as drawn in the figure above. 1  A free, unincorporated nucleotide usually exists in a triphosphate form; that is, it contains a chain of three phosphates.