DNA/ Protein Synthesis

Who is credited for discovering the shape of DNA?

• James Lebron and Francis Oneill
• James Watson and Francis Crick
• Henry Ford
• Rosalind Franklin

What 3 things make up a nucleotide?

• Sugar, Phosphate, Nitrogen Base
• Sugar, Hydrogen, Carbon
• Carbon, Phosphate, Nitrogen
• mRNA, tRNA and rRNA

What is assembled during transcription?

• transfer RNA
• messenger RNA
• DNA replication
• court proceedings

What is made during translation?

• transfer RNA
• messenger RNA
• Proteins
• Spanish Rice

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What amino acid would be coded for by the DNA AAA?

• Lysine
• Phenylalanine
• Leucine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What amino acid is coded for by the mRNA UCU?

• Serine
• Arginine
• Glycine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

How is a mutation caused?

• changing the tRNA
• a mutagen
• cancer

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A 3 nucleotide sequence of mRNA

• codon
• anticodon

Which of the following is the process of reading mRNA code to produce a protein?

• replication
• translation
• transcription

A portion of DNA reads GAG. The corresponding mRNA would be

• GUG
• GTG
• CTC
• CUC

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1