DNA The Central Dogma Quiz Review

Where are the instructions for making a protein stored in your cell?

• In the mRNA in the ribosomes

• In the DNA in the nucleus

• In the DNA in the mitochondria

• In the tRNA in the cytoplasm

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the process of copying the DNA code for a protein into a single strand of mRNA called?

• translation

• replication

• transcription

• translocation

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Unlike DNA, the double helix, RNA is single stranded. Which DNA nucleotide is NOT present in RNA, but has been replaced by uracil (U)

• A

• C

• T

• G

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mRNA that has been transcribed from the DNA leaves the nucleus and carries its message to the organelle where the protein will be assembled. This organelle is the ___.

• mitochondrion

• nucleolus

• golgi body

• ribosome

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What is the central dogma of biology?

• DNA to RNA to protein

• RNA to protein to DNA

• DNA to protein to RNA

• protein to DNA to RNA

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Once at the ribosome, the mRNA is used as a template, or pattern, to assemble the amino acids brought to it by ___ to make the protein needed.

• rRNA

• sRNA

• tRNA

The process of reading the code on the MRNA to make a protein in the ribosome is called __.

• protein synthesis

• the central dogma

• RNA coding

• translation

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