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tertiary structure
secondary structure
single - stranded
double - stranded
primary structure

1. catalytic activity in ribozymes depends on the generated from folding molecules. fully forms of the rna would not form the same.

Explanation:

Ribozymes are RNA - based enzymes. Their catalytic activity depends on the three - dimensional tertiary structure formed by folding of single - stranded RNA molecules. The primary structure is just the linear sequence, secondary structure involves local base - pairing, and double - stranded RNA has a different conformation than what is needed for ribozyme function.

Answer:

1. Catalytic activity in ribozymes depends on the tertiary structure generated from folding single - stranded molecules. Fully double - stranded forms of the RNA would not form the same catalytic activity.