Protein Synthesis

Genes are small sections of

• Ribosomes
• Protein
• DNA
• Cells

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

DNA is found 

• in the nucleus
• in the endoplasmic reticulum
• in fossilized rocks
• in the golgi apparatus 

The shape of a DNA molecule is

• ladder
• double helix
• circle
• octagon 

The process in which DNA is copies itself before a cell divides is called

• transcrition
• replication
• translation
• base pairing

Which of the following is incorrect in comparing DNA to RNA

• both molecules are composed of nucleotides
• DNA contains deoxyribose while RNA contains ribose
• DNA is single stranded while RNA is double stranded
• RNA has uracil while DNA has thymine 

During your summer job at Virotech, you isolate a previously unknown virus. Analysis of its genome reveals that it is composed of a double stranded DNA molecule containing 14% T (thymine). Based on this information, what would you predict the %C (cytosine) to be?

• 14%

• 28%

• 36%

• 72%

Which enzyme creates the new mRNA by reading the DNA template?

• RNA polymerase

• DNA polymerase

• Primase

• DNA Helicase

In DNA replication, which enzyme is responsible for building the new DNA strand?

• helicase
• DNA polymerase

• ligase
• RNA polymerase

What do we call DNA replication since new DNA has 1 parent strand and 1 new strand?

• Conservative 
• Semi-conservative 

• Dispersive

Which organelle is the location of protein synthesis?

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleotide