Protein Synthesis Quiz Practice

Which of the following is the complementary mRNA sequence to this DNA strand: AACTGAA

• UUGACUU

• TTGACTT

• AACTGAA

• AACUGAA

What is the term for a three-nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid?

• base
• codon
• amine
• serine

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

• translation
• transcription
• replication

The mRNA leaves the ________ to find the ribosome to make proteins.

• cell
• nucleotide
• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Why must transcription occur in the nucleus?

• because DNA can't leave the nucleus

• because ribosomes are in the nucleus

• because DNA polymerase is found there

• because helicase unzips the DNA

Choose the sequence of the mRNA strand that would match up with to the following DNA strand:

GTACAT

• CATGTA

• GAUCUA

• CAUGUA

• CUTGTU

What brings the amino acids to the ribosome to assemble a protein?

• mRNA
• tRNA
• rRNA
• DNA

How many nucleotides code for 1 amino acid?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

When these bond together, they form a protein

• Amino Acids

• Peptide Bonds

• Ribose

• Nucleotides

The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

• transcription
• rRNA
• replication
• translation