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Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz

Authored by Michael Barnett

Biology

9th Grade

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Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are amino acids?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a codon?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a deletion mutation?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are germ-line cells?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an insertion mutation?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is mRNA?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

One or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

Coding strand of RNA that carries genetic information from the DNA to ribosomes where it then specifies how to build proteins

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a mutation?

A group of 20 chemicals that are the building blocks of proteins

A sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

Change in DNA sequence

Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

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