DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis Vocabulary Quiz

What happens during translation?

• mRNA is made from DNA code

• The cell uses a mRNA code to make proteins

• tRNA is made from mRNA

• Copies of DNA molecules are made

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Guanine goes with __________

• adnine
• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine

Adnine goes with __________

• adnine
• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine

A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid

• codon

• anticodon

• stop codon

• start codon

group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an mRNA codon

• codon

• anticodon

• stop codon

• start codon

codon that signals to ribosomes to begin translation; codes for the first amino acid in a protein

• codon

• anticodon

• stop codon

• start codon

UAG, UAA, or UGA; the codon that ends all RNA.

• codon

• anticodon

• stop codon

• start codon

carries the genetic message from the nucleus to the ribosome for protein synthesis

• m-RNA

• t-RNA

• r-RNA

Type of RNA that makes up the ribosome

• m-RNA

• t-RNA

• r-RNA

Transfers appropriate amino acids to the ribosome for building the protein

• m-RNA

• t-RNA

• r-RNA