Protein Synthesis

The monomers of DNA and RNA are

• amino acids

• monosaccharides

• nucleotides

• fatty acids

The transfer of genetic info from DNA to RNA is called

• translation

• transcription

• initiation

• elongation

Which of the following sequences best describes the flow of information that takes place when a gene directs the synthesis of a protein?

• RNA-DNA-RNA-PROTEIN

• DNA-RNA-PROTEIN

• PROTEIN-RNA-DNA

• DNA-AMINO ACID-RNA-PROTEIN

Translation consists of which of the following?

• conversion of genetic info from the language of nucleic acids to the language of proteins

• conversion of genetic info from DNA to RNA

• addition of nucleotides to a DNA template

• DNA replication

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which of the following is required for translation to occur?

• energy

• ribosomes

• tRNA

• all of these

The information carried by DNA is in

• an amino acid sequence

• the sugars and phosphates that form the backbone

• the order of bases in the molecule

• the total number of nucleotides

A gene is

• the same as a chromosome

• the info for making a polypeptide

• made of RNA

• made of protein

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A mutagen is

• a gene that has an altered mutation

• something that causes a mutation

• any change in a nucleotide sequence of DNA

• the portion of the chromosome altered by the mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Any change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene is called

• a mutation

• a codon

• a translation

• an anticodon

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The central dogma of biology states that information flows in one direction from 

• nuclei to RNA to cytoplasm
• ribosomes to proteins to DNA
• genes to nuclei to ribosomes
• DNA to RNA to proteins