DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis Review

Which two processes are involved in protein synthesis?

• Replication and Transcription
• Replication and Translation
• Transcription and Translation

What are the three base segments of mRNA called?

• anticodons
• codons
• triplets

Transcribe the following sequence of DNA into RNA:
AAG   CTT   TGC

• TTC  GAA  ACG
• UUC  GAA ACG
• TTC  GUU  UCG
• UUC  GUU  UCG

The diagram shows a DNA nucleotide. Which of the following describes the components of a nucleotide?

• Sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base

• Adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine

• Sugar, phosphate, amino acid

• Glucose, phosphate, amino acid

A DNA strand has the sequence:

ATG CCA TAT

Which of the following represents the complementary strand?

• ATG CCA TAT

• TAC GGT ATA

• UAC GGU AUA

• UUC GGU UUU

Determine the sex of the individual whose karyotype is displayed in the image.

• female
• male

What displays the chromosomes of a cell, usually in a systematically arrangement fo chromosomes pairs in descending order of size?

• pedigree

• karyotype

• punnett square

• line graph

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

• deoxyribose sugar and adenine
• deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond
• deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus
• deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

The following picture must be

• DNA because it's double stranded
• RNA because it's single stranded
• DNA because it's single stranded
• RNA because it's double stranded

The process by which the genetic code of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA is called

• translation
• transcription
• transformation
• replication