DNA and Protein Synthesis

What kind of organic molecule is DNA?

• Protein
• Nucleic Acid
• Lipid 
• Carbohydrate

What kind of sugar is found in DNA?

• Glucose
• Fructose
• Sucrose
• Deoxyribose

What are the four bases found in DNA?

• Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine
• Uracil, Thymine, Adenine and Guanine
• Guanine, Phosphate, Adenine, Thymine
• Adenine, Uracil, Guanine and Cytosine

Where is DNA found in eukaryotic cells?

• Cytoplasm
• Vacuole
• Cell Membrane
• Nucleus

This is the process of using a DNA template to make a strand of mRNA

• Translation
• Transcription
• Replication
• Mitosis

Which amino acid sequence will be made if the mRNA strand reads GGG UGU?

• Phe-Iso
• Val-Ala
• Val-Cys
• Gly-Cys

Which two scientist developed the double helix model of DNA?

• Watson and Crick
• Darwin and Wallace
• Franklin and McDermitt
• Perry and Tyler

The function of tRNA is to......

• produce a copy of mRNA 
• break the hydrogen bonds of DNA
• transfer amino acids during translation
• separate sister chromatids

What mRNA strand would be produced during transcription using the DNA strand TAC GTA TAT

• TAC GTA TAT
• UAC GUA UAU
• GCU ACG GCG
• AUG CAU AUA

What is the function of transcription?

• To make a copy of mRNA that can take the instructions of DNA to the ribosome
• To make a new copy of DNA for a new cell that will be produced during mitosis
• To join together amino acids at the ribosome to make proteins
• To divide germ cells into four haploid cells for reprodcution