DNA and Protein Synthesis Day 3

DNA and Protein Synthesis Day 3

Multiple Choice

How many nitrogen bases make one codon?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

What is the amino acid for UGC

• methonine

• cysteine

• asparagine

• proline

Multiple Choice

What is the amino acid for AAU

• methonine

• cysteine

• asparagine

• proline

Multiple Choice

What is the amino acid for CGG

• methonine

• cysteine

• asparagine

• proline

Open Ended

How does only 20 amino acids code for millions of different traits?

Multiple Choice

The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

• transcription
• rRNA
• replication
• translation

Multiple Choice

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

• translation
• transcription
• replication

Multiple Choice

Which phrase best describes translation?

• converts mRNA into a polypeptide
• catalyzes bonds between amino acids
• produces RNA from DNA molecules
• recycles tRNA molecules for reuse

Multiple Choice

The central dogma of biology states that information flows in one direction from 

• nuclei to RNA to cytoplasm
• ribosomes to proteins to DNA
• genes to nuclei to ribosomes
• DNA to RNA to proteins

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the complementary mRNA sequence to this DNA strand: AACTGAA

• UUGACUU

• TTGACTT

• AACTGAA

• AACUGAA

Multiple Choice

There are a total of ____ different amino acids

• 20

• 1

• 4

• unlimited

Multiple Choice

During translation, this type of ribonucleic acid is responsible for delivering amino acids to help make a protein.

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• dRNA

Multiple Choice

During transcription, this type of ribonucleic acid is responsible for copying the DNA and brining it out of the nucleus.

• tRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

• dRNA

Multiple Choice

Which organelle is the location where protein is made?

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleotide