RNA & Protein Synthesis Quiz Review

Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose and adenine
• deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
• sugar and the nucleus
• deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

• adenine
• uracil
• phosphate groups
• thymine

mRNA is made in the process called....

• mitosis
• replication
• translation
• transcription

Which type of RNA brings the information in the genetic code from the nucleus to other parts of the cell?

• rRNA
• tRNA
• mRNA
• RNA polymerase

From which molecules are mRNA molecules transcribed?

• tRNA
• rRNA
• DNA
• proteins

What happens during translation?

• Messenger RNA is made from a DNA code.
• The cell uses a messenger RNA code to make proteins
• Transfer RNA is made from a messenger RNA code.
• Copies of DNA molecules are made.

Which is the correct sequence of the transfer of information in most organisms?

• protein to DNA to RNA
• RNA to DNA to protein
• DNA to RNA to protein
• RNA to protein to DNA

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The genetic code is always read

• 3 bases at a time in the same direction.
• 4 bases at a time in the same direction.
• 3 bases at a time and the direction varies.
• 4 bases at a time and the direction varies.

In RNA,    is the sugar in the nucleotide.

• ribose
• RNA polymerase
• stop codon
• lactose

RNA contains which bases?

• adenine, guanine, uracil, cytosine
• thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil
• thymine, uracil, cytosine, guanines
• adenine, uracil, guanine, thymine