DNA & Protein Synthesis

DNA is made up of repeating chains of _________.

• deoxyribose

• nucleotides

• phosphate

• nitrogen

_______ is the first step of protein synthesis.

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription

• Editing

Which would be a complementary DNA strand to GCTATG?

• CGATAC

• TCGGAC

• CGTAC

• TTAAC

Transcription happens inside of the ________.

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

True or False: Protein synthesis has two steps.

• True

• False

What is the matching nitrogen base for Guanine?

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Uracil

Nucleotides are made of 3 parts: a phosphate group, _____________, and a nitrogen base.

• ribose

• pentose sugar

• polypeptides

• amino acids

________ copies a DNA strand and is edited before leaving the nucleus.

• tRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

• sRNA

Translation happens inside of the ___________.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• ribosome

• ER

THe strands of DNA are held together by ________ where the nitrogen bases connect.

• peptide bonds

• deoxyribose bonds

• hydrogen bonds

• phosphate groups