Central Dogma of Biology

What is the name for when DNA makes another copy of itself?

• transcription
• translation
• replication
• duplication

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the name for when the RNA info is read and turned into a protein?

• transcription
• transcribation
• translation
• replication

In translation, the language of the bases is turned into the language of ___.

• proteins
• amino acids
• nucleic acids
• nucleotides

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• rough ER
• mitochondrion

Where does translation take place?

• nucleus
• smooth ER
• lysosome
• cytoplasm

What is the name for this RNA --> proteins?

• translation
• transcription
• replication
• none of these

The genetic code is read three "letters" at a time, so that each "word" is three bases long and corresponds to a single amino acid. What is each three-letter "word" in mRNA know as? 

• an anitcodon
• a codon
• a decoding band
• a gene

Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?

• nitrogenous base
• nucleic acid
• cholesterol
• fatty acid

DNA codes for...

• cholesterol
• proteins
• fatty acids
• carbohydrates

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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