2. What is the protoplasm surrounding the nucleus
called?

Protoplasm is composed of a mixture of small molecules such as amino acids, monosaccharides and water, and macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and polysaccharides. In eukaryotes the protoplasm surrounding the cell nucleus are actually known as the cytoplasym and that inside the nucleus as the nucleoplasms.

nucleic acid molecules are incredibly complex, containing the code that guarantees the four different nucleotide units comprise dna, the nucleic acid of interest to the genealogist. and one of four nitrogen-containing molecules called nucleotides