IB Transcription (core)

Which base replaces thymine in RNA?

• Uracil

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Guanine

Identify the product of transcription

• tRNA

• Polypeptide

• mRNA

• Glucose

How many bases on mRNA code for one amino acids?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Identify the enzyme that catalyses transcription

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• Amylase

• RNA Polymerase

Where in the cell does transcription occur?

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Ribosomes on rough ER

• Golgi apparatus

State the complementary base sequence on mRNA

AATTCGCCATGA

What does the 'm' stand for in mRNA?

What term describes a sequence if bases on DNA that codes for one polypeptide (protein)?

Transcription occurs in which direction?

• 5'->5'

• 3'->5'

• 5'->3'

• 3'->3'

State the chemical reaction that links two nucleotides together.