Quiz about Genes to Protein Vocab

Question 1

mRNA shape

Accepted Answer

linear

Answer

T

Answer

globular

Question 2

rRNA shape

Accepted Answer

globular

Answer

T

Answer

linear

Question 3

tRNA shape

Accepted Answer

T

Answer

globular

Answer

linear

Question 4

making RNA from DNA

Accepted Answer

transcription

Answer

translation

Question 5

decoding mRNA into protein

Accepted Answer

translation

Answer

transcription

Question 6

sequence of 3 nucleotides on mRNA

Accepted Answer

codon

Answer

anticodon

Question 7

sequence of 3 bases on tRNA

Accepted Answer

tRNA

Answer

mRNA

Question 8

RNA polymerase

Accepted Answer

enzyme that creates new RNA

Answer

region that tells RNA where to start

Answer

region that tells RNA where to end

Question 9

region that tells RNA where to start

Accepted Answer

Promoter

Answer

Terminator

Question 10

region that tells RNA where to end

Accepted Answer

Terminator

Answer

Promoter

Question 11

codon that begins translation

Accepted Answer

start codon

Answer

stop codon

Question 12

codon that stops translation

Accepted Answer

stop codon

Answer

start codon

Question 13

carries amino acids from cytoplasm to ribosome

Accepted Answer

tRNA

Answer

rRNA

Answer

mRNA

Question 14

the factory that makes proteins

Accepted Answer

rRNA

Answer

tRNA

Answer

mRNA

Question 15

carries instructions for making ONE protein from nucleus to ribosome

Accepted Answer

mRNA

Answer

tRNA

Answer

rRNA

Question 16

holds amino acids together

Accepted Answer

peptide bonds

Answer

central dogma

Question 17

DNA --> RNA --> Protein

Accepted Answer

central dogma

Answer

peptide bonds

Question 18

nucleus

Accepted Answer

where transcription takes place

Answer

where translation takes place

Question 19

cytoplasm at the ribosome

Accepted Answer

where translation takes place

Answer

where transcription takes place

Question 20

ribose sugar, base, and phosphate group

Accepted Answer

RNA nucleotide

Answer

bases of RNA

Question 21

A, C, G, or U

Accepted Answer

bases of RNA

Answer

RNA nucleotide

Question 22

amino acids

Accepted Answer

build blocks of proteins

Answer

ribose sugar, base, phosphate group

Answer

A, C, G, or U

Question 23

A base-pair substitution that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid

Accepted Answer

missense mutation

Answer

nonsense mutation

Answer

silent mutation

Question 24

changes a normal codon into a stop codon

Accepted Answer

nonsense mutation

Answer

missense mutation

Answer

silent mutation

Question 25

alters a base but does not change the amino acid

Accepted Answer

silent mutation

Answer

missense mutation

Answer

nonsense mutation

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