DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis

A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

• Gene

• Chromosomes

• Heredity

• Meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Scientific study of heredity and variation

• Pedigree

• Punnett Square

• Genetics

• Meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

• chromosomes

• genes

• genetics

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What part of your DNA codes for a specific trait?

• Allele

• Gene

• Chromsome

• Nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Mutations are changes in what?

• tRNA

• Phenotypes

• DNA

• Ribosomes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the RNA strand that would be complementary to the following strand:

GTAGTCA

• UATUAGA

• CAUCAGU

• ACGACTG

• CATCAGT

What amino acid corresponds to the following mRNA?

CCA

• Serine

• Arginine

• Proline

• Glycine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What amino acid corresponds to the following mRNA?

AGU

• Serine

• Valine

• Glycine

• Proline