BIO Unit 6 Molecular Genetics Unit Review

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

• polar bonds
• ionic bonds
• covalent bonds
• hydrogen bonds

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are the building blocks for DNA?

• carbohydrates
• nucleotides
• lipids
• proteins

What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?

• Anticodon
• Codon
• Protein

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,

• each one with two original strands
• each one with two new strands
• each one with one new strand and one original strand
• one with two new strands and the other with two original strands

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication
• Translation
• Transcription

Which of the following is a base that is NOT contained in DNA?

• Adenine
• Thymine
• Uracil
• Guanine

In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 

• cytosine
• adenine
• guanine
• thymine

The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

• transcription
• rRNA
• replication
• translation

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the RNA strand that would be complementary to the following strand:

GTA-GTC-A

• UAT-UAG-A

• ACG-ACT-G

• CAU-CAG-U

• CAT-CAG-T