Transcription and Translation Quiz

What is the 1st step in protein synthesis?

• translation

• transcription

• cell division

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What is the 2nd step in protein synthesis?

• transcription

• translation

• cell division

What is the main function of RNA?

• making proteins (protein synthesis)

• cell division

• DNA replication

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In order for DNA to leave the nucleus during transcription, DNA has to be converted into a type of RNA called...

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

Transcription happens in the __________.

• nucleus

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

Translation happens in the ____________.

• nucleus

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

1 codon is made of ________ bases.

• three

• two

• four

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During translation, the message from mRNA is _______ to create proteins.

• copied

• erased

• decoded

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Polypeptide chains are the same thing as __________.

• ribosomes

• proteins

• amino acids

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In transcription, mRNA leaves the nucleus through the _____________.

• nuclear pores

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm