Genetics Review

A section of DNA that holds the instructions for making a polypeptide

• Gene

• Ribosome

• Nucleic Acid

• Chromosome

The site where transcription occurs

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Vacuole

The process of converting the instructions from nucleic acids in mRNA to proteins.

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

• Mitosis

A set of three nucleotides "read" to determine the amino acid.

• Codon

• Nucleic Acid

• Guanine

• Protein

The site of translation

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

The monomer of nucleic acids

• Nitrogen

• DNA

• Nucleotides

• RNA

Which molecules below are nucleic acids?

• RNA

• Carbohydrates

• DNA

• Proteins

The copy of the instructions for making a protein that can leave the nucleus

• DNA

• tRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

Has an anticodon on one end and an amino acid on the other end

• tRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

• DNA

The sequence of amino acids comprises a _________________.

• DNA molecule

• Lipid

• Carbohydrate

• Polypeptide