Intro to Protein Synthesis

RNA is

• deoxyribonucleic acid
• ribonucleic acid
• rhinonucleic acid
• reverse nucleic acid

One way in which DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase are similar is that 

• they are both enzymes
• they are both critical to cell growth and repair
• they are both involved in forming polymers
• Not just one way...all of these apply!

DNA is the template for making RNA during the process of 

• replication
• transcription
• translation

RNA directs the assembly of proteins during

• replication
• transcription
• translation 

Protein synthesis is the 

• expression of our genes
• method for constructing cell membranes
• creation of ATP as energy for cellular processes
• method of metabolizing carbohydrates

During protein synthesis, uracil pairs with

• thymine
• adenine
• cytosine
• guanine

The type of RNA that carries instructions from the nucleus to the ribosome is

• mRNA
• rRNA
• tRNA
• snRNA

Protein synthesis happens in structures made of 

• mRNA
• rRNA
• tRNA
• snRNA

The type of RNA that moves amino acids to the ribosome to make proteins is

• mRNA
• rRNA
• tRNA
• snRNA

RNA binds and starts transcription at a specific nucleotide sequence called a 

• termination signal
• primer
• promoter 
• jumping off point