DNA/RNA Vocabulary Quiz

A long molecule in the shape of a double helix and made up of nucleotides; contains genetic "instructions"

• Nucleotide

• DNA

• Gene

• RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A section of DNA that carries the information on how to make one protien

• Chromosome

• DNA Replication

• DNA

• Gene

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The order of nucleotides that determines which protein is made

• RNA

• Transfer RNA

• Nucleotide Sequence

• Transcription

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The type of molecule that makes up DNA and RNA; contains sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base

• Nucleotide

• DNA replication

• Transfer RNA

• Stop Codon

The two scientists who discovered the structure and shape of DNA

• Chromosome

• Translation

• Crick and Watson

• DNA

A single strand of DNA tightly coiled around special proteins

• RNA
• Protein
• Chromosome

• Carbohydrate

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The process of copying a strand of DNA

• DNA replication
• DNA recombination
• DNA translation
• DNA transcription

A single strand of nucleotides; different types are used to translate instructions from DNA into making proteins

• tRNA
• rRNA
• DNA
• RNA

The process occuring in the nucleus of a cell that copies the instructions from a part of DNA onto a strand of messenger RNA

• Mitosis
• Replication
• Transcription
• Translation

A type of RNA that transfers the code from DNA in the nucleus to the cytoplasm

• transfer RNA
• ribosomal RNA
• messenger RNA
• deoxyribonucleic acid