Structure Function Growth Quiz

What is RNA?

• a single stranded nucleic acid

• a double stranded helix shaped nucleic acid

• a double stranded ladder shaped nucleic acid

The strand that carries genetic information from the DNA out of the nucleus is called

• mRNA (messenger)

• tRNA (Transfer)

• rRNA (ribosomal)

The type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis

• mRNA (messenger)

• tRNA (transfer)

• rRNA (ribosomal)

three-nucleotide base sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid

• codon

• nucleotide

• anticodon

decoding of a mRNA message into a polypeptide chain of amino acids (protein) from codons;

• transcription

• translation

• transportation

process in which part of the nucleotide sequence of DNA is copied into a complementary sequence in mRNA

• transcription

• translation

• transportation

structure that contains the cell's genetic material (DNA) and controls the cell's activities

• ribosome

• nucleus

• mitochondria

when one base is swapped out for another and only one codon/amino acid is changed

• deletion

• insertion

• substitution

A chain of amino acids held together by peptide bonds

• monopeptide

• polypeptide

• carbohydrate

A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

• mRNA

• gene

• activator