From DNA to Proteins Review

What 3 pieces make up a nucleotide?

• phosphate, sugar, and base

• hydrogen, sugar, and base

• phosphate, hydrogen, and base

• phosphate, sugar, and hydrogen

Please REPLICATE the following strand: ATC GCG ATT

• TAG CGC TAA

• ATC GCG ATT

• GCA TAT GCC

• AAT GCG GAT

The central dogma states that information flows from:

• DNA -> RNA -> Proteins

• RNA -> DNA -> Proteins

• Proteins -> DNA -> RNA

• DNA -> Proteins -> RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which phrase best describes transcription?

• converts mRNA into an amino acid chain (protein)

• catalyzes bonds between amino acids

• produces RNA from DNA molecules

• recycles tRNA molecules for reuse

Please TRANSCRIBE the following strand: GCT TAG ACC

• GCT TAG ACC

• CGA ATC TGG

• CGA AUG UGG

• GGU CUA AGC

What is the term for a three-nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid?

• base

• codon

• amine

• serine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Where does translation happen?

• vacuole

• lysosome

• ribosome

• nucleus

Please TRANSLATE the following strand: CGC AGU UUA

• GCG TCA AAT

• arg ser stop

• val thr gly

• GCG UCA AAU

What will be the result of the mutation in Figure 8.4?

• it will have no effect on protein function

• only one amino acid will change

• nearly every amino acid int he protein will be changed

• translation will not occur

Any change in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA of a gene is called

• codon

• anticodon

• translation

• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2