DNA vs. RNA & Protein Synthesis

Both DNA and RNA are nucleic acids.

• True

• False

I am usually a single stranded molecule

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am generally found both inside and outside of the nucleus.

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am arranged as a double helix

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am made of guanine, cystosine, adenine, and uracil

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

I am made of guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine

• DNA

• RNA

• Both

What does mRNA stand for?

• messenger RNA

• transfer RNA

• mild RNA

• machine RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What does tRNA stand for?

• tall RNA

• transfer RNA

• messenger RNA

• transition RNA

What does rRNA stand for?

• rough RNA

• right RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• short DNA

What type of RNA carries amino acids to the place where proteins are made?

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• uRNA