Week ? DNA/RNA Hmwk

Which of the following is a base that is NOT contained in DNA?

• Adenine
• Thymine
• Uracil
• Guanine

Where does translation occur?

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• cell

The triplets of mRNA read by a ribosome are called _____.

• anticodons

• coded gene

• codons

• rRNA

Which type of RNA is the carrier of amino acids?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• DNA

What is translation?

• the process in which DNA is copied to make another molecule of DNA

• the process in which DNA is coded into mRNA

• the process in which mRNA is decoded into a protein

• the process in which enzymes break down mRNA

Which amino acid matches with the following codon:

GAU

• GLU

• SER

• ASP

• ILE

ATTTGAGCC - Original
ATTGAGCC - Mutated
The example above is an example of a 

• Insertion - Frameshift

• Deletion - Substitution

• Deletion - Frameshift

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

When the change of one base causes the protein chain to end too soon, it is a _________ mutation

• missense

• nonsense

• silent

• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a point mutation does not change the order of the amino acid sequence, this is called a:

• nonsense mutation

• silent mutation

• missense mutation

• frameshift mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Insertions and deletions are also known as:

• frameshift mutations

• chromosomal mutations

• silent mutations

• polyploidy

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2