Transcription and Translation Lesson

Transcription and Translation

Multiple Choice

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of:

• Uracil
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Guanine

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule? 

• contains ribose 
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil
• double helix

Multiple Choice

What do we call the process of turning DNA into mRNA?

• Translation
• Transcription 
• Replication

Multiple Choice

When the RNA gets to the ribosomes, which molecule transfers to the mRNA to amino acids?

• DNA
• mRNA
• tRNA
• Replicated RNA

Multiple Choice

What type of RNA carries the DNA message out of the nucleus to the ribosomes?

• mRNA
• tRNA
• RNA
• DNA

Multiple Choice

RNA has what base that is instead of thymine?

• guanine

• adenine

• thymine

• uracil

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order to make a protein?

• Protein, DNA, RNA

• RNA, DNA, Protein

• DNA, RNA, Protein

• Protein, RNA, DNA

Multiple Choice

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• ribosome

Multiple Choice

If one strand of DNA has the sequence TTACCG, the sequence of the other strand of the same molecule will be

• AATGGC
• TTACCG
• AACGGC
• AATGGG

Multiple Choice

What part of a nucleotide accounts for the genetic variation between individuals?

• phosphate
• nitrogenous base
• deoxyribose
• sugar

Multiple Choice

What enzyme does transcription use?

• DNA polymerase

• ligase

• RNA polymerase

• helicase

Multiple Choice

An exon in an mRNA is a _____ region that is _____ the mature mRNA.

• coding ... kept in

• coding ... removed from

• noncoding ... kept in

• noncoding ... removed from

Multiple Choice

The specialized enzyme(s) that do the mRNA processing are called the...

• RNA Polymerase

• Spliceosome

• Helicase

• RNA Catalase

Multiple Choice

During mRNA processing _________ regions of genetic code are removed and the mRNA segments combined to form a single processed mRNA strand.

• Intron

• Exon

Multiple Choice

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

Multiple Choice

Which Seq could be found in RNA?

• ACCTGT
• CGCATT
• AUGCUU

Multiple Choice

How many nucleotides? AAU GCG AUG

• 9

• 3

• 1

• 15

Multiple Choice

How many codons: AAU GCG AUG

• 9

• 1

• 3

• 15

Multiple Choice

How many nucleotides make up a codon?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 15

Multiple Choice

When RNA is transferred into amino acids, it is destroyed. 

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

What process does the energy come from to fuel protein synthesis?

• Cellular respiration
• ADP
• Carbohydrates
• Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

Where does Translation occur?

• Proteins
• Mitochondria
• Ribosomes
• Cytoplasm

Multiple Choice

The job of tRNA is to...

• carry amino acids to the ribosomes 
• carry ribosomes to the ER
• carry mRNA out of the nucleus
• carry glucose to mitochondria

Multiple Choice

What process is occurring in this photo?

• Transcription
• DNA unwinding
• Translation
• Transfer RNA is creating bases

Multiple Choice

The process of transferring the codons to the amino acids ends with what codon?

• Stop
• Terminal
• End
• Cancel 

Multiple Choice

When transferring tRNA to amino acids, the process cannot begin until it reaches a...

• Beginning codon

• Start codon

• Initiator codon

• Anticodon