Codon Chart Practice

Transcribe the following DNA strand into its mRNA strand

TAC TGA GGA GTC

Use your CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is codded for by the codon GCA?

• serine

• alanine

• arginine

• proline

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is coded for by the codon CAG?

• histidine

• tyrosine

• valine

• glutamine

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

CCG UUG ACC GCG

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• proline - threonine - alanine - luecine

• proline - leucine - threonine - alanine

• proline - phenylalanine - tyrosine - arginine

• arginine - leucine - threoinine - alanine

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

GCG ACU AAA UUU

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• alanine - lysine - phenlalanine - alanine - threonine

• alanine - phenlalanine - threonine - lysine

• alanine - threonine - phenlalanine - lysine

• alanine - threonine - lysine - phenlalanine

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

UAU ACG GCU CCA

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• tyrosine - alanine - proline - threonine

• threonine - tyrosine - alanine - proline

• tyrosine - threonine - alanine - proline

• tyrosine - proline - alanine - threonine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

AGC UUC AUC GCG

What is the amino acid sequence from the mRNA above?

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - alanine

• serine - phenlylalanine - alanine - isoluecine

• serine- alanine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - arginine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

AUG AGA ACG CCG

What is the amino acid sequence from the mRNA above?

• methionine - arginine - proline - threoinine

• methionine - alanine - threoinine - proline

• methionine - arginine - threoinine - proline

• methionine - proline- arginine - threoinine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA below?

5’ UGC GAU ACG GAA 3’

• Tryptophan-Aspartic Acid-Threonine-Glutamic Acid

• Cysteine-Glutamic Acid-Threonine-Glutamic Acid

• Tryptophan-Glutamic Acid-Threonine-Aspartic Acid

• Cysteine-Aspartic Acid-Threonine-Glutamic Acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Match the following CODONs with its corresponding Amino Acid

• Asn

• CCC

• Ser

• AAC

• Glu

• AGC

• Pro

• GCA

• Ala

• GAA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6