Protein Synthesis

In DNA, Adenine pairs with ___________. 

• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine
• Uracil

In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 

• cytosine
• adenine
• guanine
• thymine

How would the DNA sequence GCTATA be transcribed to mRNA?

• GCUAUA
• CGATAT
• CGAUAU
• GCUTUT

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

• translation
• transcription
• transformation
• replication

Which of the following describes RNA?

• RNA is usually double-stranded and contains the base thymine
• RNA is usually single-stranded and contains the base uracil
• RNA is longer than DNA and uses five bases to encode information
• RNA is made in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and stays there to carry out its functions

I am single stranded.

• DNA
• RNA
• Both DNA and RNA

I am arranged as a double helix or "twisted ladder."

• Both DNA and RNA
• DNA
• RNA

I have the sugar ribose.

• RNA
• DNA
• Both DNA and RNA

I have the base thymine.

• Both DNA and RNA
• RNA
• DNA

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein