DNA/RNA Vocabulary Quiz

A_____________ is a monomer of a nucleic acid

• DNA

• Anti-codon

• nucleotide

• polypeptide

The principle of ______________ states that hydrogen bonds can form between certain nitrogen bases.

• genetic code

• replication

• translation

• base pairing

A change in genetic material is called a ______________

• mutation

• replication

• translation

• transcription

The process in which DNA makes a copy of itself is called

• translation

• replication

• transcription

• mutation

The enzyme involved in transcription that assembles the RNA molecule is

• RNA polymerase

• DNA polymerase

• anti-codon

• codon

Three nucleotides found on mRNA that specify a single amino acid is called a

• anti-codon

• mutation

• codon

• genetic code

Another name for a protein is a

• ribosome

• polypeptide

• codon

• nucleotide

Genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents is

• RNA polymerase

• RNA

• DNA

• polypeptide

RNA molecules are produced by copying part of DNA into RNA this process is called

• replication

• transcription

• translation

• mutation

A single strand of nucleic acid that is made from DNA is called

• RNA

• RNA polymerase

• DNA polymerase

• polypeptide