Transcription and Translation

RNA has which sugar instead of deoxyribose?

• ribose sugar

• no sugars

• trioxyribose sugar

• a phosphate backbone

How is DNA different from RNA?

• DNA is single stranded while RNA is double stranded

• RNA is single stranded while DNA is double stranded

• They are exactly the same

• RNA uses thymine while DNA uses uracil

Match each nucleotide with the type of nucleic acid it is found in.

• Found in both DNA and RNA

• uracil

• Found only in RNA

• thymine

• Found only in DNA

• adenine and guanine

Which nucleotide is found only in DNA?

• thymine

• uracil

• adenine

• guanine

Transcribed copy of a DNA sequence made to leave the nucleus

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• RNA

Form ribosomes

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• RNA

rRNA means (a)   .

• ribosomal RNA

• ribose RNA

• replication RNA

• rescue RNA

Which molecule carries amino acids to build proteins?

• tRNA

• rRNA

• mRNA

• RNA

What does tRNA mean?

• transfer RNA

• transcription RNA

• translation RNA

• template RNA

DNA is essential because it contains the

• genetic information

• proteins

• ribosomes

• nucleus

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