3rd Quarter Benchmark 6-10

At which of the following sites in the cell would you most likely find protein synthesis occurring?

• the cell membrane

• the rough endoplasmic reticulum

• the smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• the Golgi apparatus

The genetic material in DNA is copied into a complementary sequence of RNA before it is used. What process creates the RNA sequence?

• meiosis

• replication

• transcription

• translation

Which of the following is the "start" codon, which signals the start of protein synthesis?

• AGG

• AUG

• GCA

• GGA

DNA to RNA to _______

What word would go into the blank above to complete the cellular process of transcription and translation?

• glucose

• molecule

• protein

• replication

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

• adenine.

• phosphate groups.

• thymine.

• uracil.