Protein Synthesis

Protein synthesis is an important process inside all cells. What occurs during protein synthesis?

• Proteins are produced

• Proteins are broken down

• Proteins are assigned a function

• Proteins are transported to other cells

What is the product of transcription?

• Protein

• Identical DNA strands

• mRNA

• Amino acids

What is the product of translation?

• DNA

• RNA

• Proteins

• Ribosomes

What amino acid is produced by the mRNA codon GUU?

• Leucine

• Glycine

• Phenylalanine

• Valine

What amino acid is coded for by the mRNA codon CGG

• Threonine

• Arginine

• Valine

• Methionine

What amino acid will eventually be coded for by the DNA triplet TCT?

• Threonine

• Glycine

• Arginine

• Histidine

What process is described in the image above?

• Translation

• Transcription

• Replication

• Mitosis

The process in the image above is called-

• Translation

• Transcription

• Replication

• Cell Division

The _________ of the nucleotides in DNA determines an organism's characteristics.

• Sequence

• Size

• Shape

RNA differs from DNA. Which of the following is not true about RNA?

• RNA uses ribose sugar in its nucleotides

• RNA contains uracil and not thymine

• RNA is single stranded

• RNA is not able to exit the nucleus