Q3 Quiz Vocab

the process by which proteins are produced in cells

• protein synthesis

• protein symbiosis

• protein digestion

• protein dissociation

a chain of amino acids

• protein

• gene

• ribosome

• codon

the smaller unit that makes up proteins

• amino acid

• gene

• nucleotide

• RNA

molecule that contains the instructions to build proteins

• DNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

• protein

segment of DNA that contains the instructions to build one protein

• gene

• nucleotide

• amino acid

• nucleus

process that copies DNA into mRNA

• transcription

• translation

• mutation

• replication

occurs when a ribosome reads a strand of mRNA and produces a chain of amino acids

• transcription

• translation

• mutation

• replication

carries amino acids to the ribosome

• mRNA

• tRNA

• DNA

• rRNA

a set of three mRNA bases

• codon

• gene

• amino acid

• nucleotide

the smaller unit that makes up nucleic acids like DNA or RNA

• nucleotide

• amino acid

• organelle

• cell