RNA and Transcription

What do the letters "RNA" stand for?

• Ribonucleic Acid

• Reader of nucleic acids

• ribosomal nucleic acid

• retention of nucleic acid

The DNA molecule, with its sequence of nitrogen bases, contains the code for building what?

• Daughter cells

• Proteins

• Codons

• Ribosomes

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The expression of genes requires what two processes?

• Protein synthesis and retention

• Duplication and replication

• Transcription and translation

• Promoter and terminatior

The building blocks of proteins are called what?

• Ribosomes

• nucleic acids

• fatty acids

• amino acids

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How many different amino acids are there?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

A triplet of nucleotides is called a what?

• exon

• intron

• codon

• promoter

What type of sugar is found in RNA?

• Ribose

• Sucrose

• Glucose

• Galactose

Where in the cells are proteins made?

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

• Golgi apparatus

• Nucleolus

This type of RNA carries the protein building instructions from the nucleus to the ribosomes.

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• aRNA

This type of RNA reads the message, gathers amino acids, and transports them to the ribosomes.

• tRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

• aRNA