Biology Semester 2 Review

DNA stands for?

• Ribonucleic Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Carbohydrate

• Amino Acid

A phosphate, sugar, and a nitrogen base make up a ?

• Protein

• Monosaccharide

• Amino Acid

• Nucleotide

Who built the first model of DNA?

• Watson and Crick

• Wilkins and Crick

• Wilkins and Franklin

• Watson and Franklin

Which correctly shows how nitrogen bases pair?

• Adenine - Cytosine

• Cytosine - Guanine

• Guanine - Thymine

• Thymine - Cytosine

The process of copying DNA is called?

• Transcription

• Protein Synthesis

• Replication

• Translation

Which enzyme is responsible for joining nucleotides during DNA replication?

• DNA polymerase

• DNA ligase

• DNA helicase

• DNA primase

The process of reading DNA and forming mRNA is called?

• Translation

• Transcription

• Replication

• Protein Synthesis

Three consecutive nucleotides is called a?

• Codon

• Base pair

• Nucleotide

• Amino Acid

The process of reading mRNA and building a protein is called

• Replication

• Transcription

• Translation

• Semiconservative Replication

Based on the following DNA sequence- which is the correct mRA sequence? CAG TAC

• GTC ATG

• ATC GTA

• TGC CUG

• GUC AUG