RNA & Transcription

How does RNA differ from DNA?

• RNA contains uracil and deoxyribose
• RNA contains ribose and thymine
• RNA contains uracil and ribose
• RNA contains adenine and ribose

How would the DNA sequence GCTATA be transcribed to mRNA?

• GCUAUA
• CGATAT
• CGAUAU
• GCUTUT

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In eukaryotes, functional messenger RNA molecules are made from

• exons spliced together after introns are removed
• introns spliced together after eons are removed
• exons spliced together with introns
• long pieces of RNA shortened by the Dicer enzyme

The process by which the genetic code of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA is called

• translation
• transcription
• transformation
• replication

Which of the following describes RNA?

• RNA is usually double-stranded and contains the base thymine
• RNA is usually single-stranded and contains the base uracil
• RNA is longer than DNA and uses five bases to encode information
• RNA is made in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and stays there to carry out its functions

RNA stands for

• robot nucleic acid

• root nucleic acid

• ribonucleic acid

• nucleic acid

What combines together to make a protein?

• Amino Acid

• RNA

• Ribosome

• DNA

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What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

DNA codes for __________ which determine ___________

• mRNA, tRNA
• mRNA, ribosomes
• proteins. traits
• proteins, peptide bonds

Which molecule brings the amino acid to the ribosome?

• DNA
• mRNA
• tRNA
• rRNA