DNA Transcription and Translation

Process by which a sequence of nucleic acids (RNA) is used to direct making an amino acid.

• synthesis

• transcription

• translation

• DNA replication

What is the complementary mRNA for ATTGCCTGC?

• CGAUCGAATTCUA

• UCGACUCTACGAA

• TACGACGTACG

• UAACGGACG

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What kind of strand is ATGGCTAAGTGT

• mRNA

• DNA

• tRNA

• nucleotide

Captured the photograph revealing the structure of DNA.

• Francis Crick

• Rosalind Franklin

• James Watson

• Gregor Mendel

Discovered the structure of DNA double helix through an x-ray image.

• Franklin and Mendel

• Watson and Crick

• Curie and Pasteur

• Wilkins and Hooke

Description of the molecular structure of DNA

• phospate ladder

• twisted deoxyribose

• paired genes

• double helix

Building blocks of proteins

• amino acids

• carbohydrates

• fatty acids

• RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The sides of DNA are composed of alternating _ and _.

• ribose and phosphate

• phosphates and nitrogen bases

• phosphates and deoxyribose

• nitrogen bases and amino acids

The steps of the DNA ladder are composed of

• phospates

• nitrogen bases

• mRNA

• deoxyribose sugar

Adenine in DNA always pairs with

• cytosine

• thymine

• guanine

• phosphate