RNA Review

True or false: RNA is double stranded just like DNA

• True

• False

In RNA, what base pairs with Adenine?

• Thymine

• Uracil

• Guanine

• Cytosine

What type of RNA is made during transcription

• tRNA

• rRNA

• mRNA

What is the name of the enzyme that unwinds the double helix and adds matching RNA bases?

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• Ligase

• RNA Polymerase

Where does transcription happen in the cell?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• Rough ER

• Golgi Body

Which of the following is a part of a nucleotide?

• phosphate group

• sugar

• base

• all of them

compare and contrast DNA and RNA

• RNA contains the sugar ribose instead of deoxyribose

• RNA is larger than DNA

• DNA contains the base Uracil

• RNA consists of two nucleotide chains instead of one

_____ is an organic compound, such as DNA or RNA

• protein

• Nucleic Acid

• Lipid

• Carbohydrate

what is the primary purpose of chromosomes in a cell's nucleus?

• to transport materials into and out of the cell

• to store the genetic code that determines an organism's traits

• to protect the cell code from harmful bacteria

• to break down food and convert it into energy

Genetic information in DNA is first ___ into RNA in the ___, then ___ into protein in the ___

• translated, cytoplasm, transcribed, nucleus

• spliced nucleus, cleaved, Golgi body

• transcribed, nucleus, translated, cytoplasm

• transcribed, cytoplasm, processed, nucleus