Transcription/Translation

Unlike DNA, RNA contains the sugar

• Deoxyribose.

• Ribose.

• Glucose.

• Fructose.

Unlike DNA, RNA is

• single-stranded.

• double-stranded.

• triple-stranded

• folded.

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

• Adenine.

• Thymine.

• Guanine.

• Cytosine.

• Uracil.

What type of RNA carries instructions for assembling a protein?

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

What type of RNA acts as tools for assembling a chain of amino acids into a protein?

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

What type of RNA reads the instructions and assembles the amino acids into a protein?

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

During transcription, what enzyme is used to make RNA?

• Helicase

• Transcriptase

• DNA Polymerase

• RNA Polymerase

During transcription, what enzyme unzips the DNA?

• DNA Polymerase

• RNA Polymerase

• Transcriptase

• Helicase

Where does transcription take place?

• in the nucleus

• in the ribosome

• in the cytoplasm

• in the mitochondria

The RNA that is formed during transcription is _____________ to one strand of DNA.

• identical

• complimentary

• backwards

• perpendicular