RNA, Transcription, Translation, Mutations

The two strands of a DNA molecule are held together by ________ bonds between their base pairs.

• covalent
• hydrogen
• ionic
• peptide

Which of the following is not a base found in DNA?

• adenine
• thymine
• cytosine
• uracil

What are the functions of genes?

• instructions for producing proteins
• instructions for producing DNA
• instructions for producing lipids
• they have no function

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What does mRNA do?

• provides information from DNA to ribosomes
• transfers amino acids to the ribosomes
• makes up ribosomes
• builds proteins

What does rRNA do?

• provides information from DNA to ribosomes
• transfers amino acids to the ribosomes
• makes up ribosomes
• builds proteins

What does tRNA do?

• provides information from DNA to ribosomes
• transfers amino acids to the ribosomes
• makes up ribosomes
• builds proteins

What is the process that copies information from DNA into RNA?

• protein synthesis
• transcription
• translation
• DNA Polymerase

Which RNA bases would pair with TAC  in transcription? 

• AUG
• ATG
• GCA
• GCA

One difference between DNA and RNA is that....

• Only RNA has the base Uracil
• only RNA contains the base Thymine
• only RNA contains the base Cytocine
• only RNA contained the base Guanine

A triplet (3 bases)  of mRNA is called a

• codon
• anticodon
• amino acid
• peptide bond