molecular genetics

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The process of making an mRNA strand from a DNA template is called

• Replication
• Transcription
• Translation
• Protein Synthesis

The process of using an mRNA to make a protein is called

• Replication
• Transcription
• Translation
• Cell Division

Transcription takes place in the 

• cytoplasm
• chloroplast
• nucleus
• mitochondria

What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

• Phenylalanine
• Tyrosine
• Leucine
• Stop codon

What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2