Rodriguez Biology STAAR Review Category 2

Put each label in the correct location in the Venn Diagram. (Make sure to put answers in DESCENDING number order.)

j

i

h

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

10.Made of Nucleic Acids

5.Cytosine

7.Uracil

1.Sugar: Deoxyribose

8.Single Stranded

3.Adenine

6.Guanine

2.Sugar: Ribose

9.Double Stranded

4.Thymine

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Which statement correctly describes the sequence of bases found in DNA?

• It changes every time it replicates

• It is exactly the same in all organisms

• It directly controls the synthesis of starch within a cell

• It determines the characteristics that will be inherited

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Which processes occurs in the nucleus? (two answers)

• DNA replication

• transcription

• translation

• digestion

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If a portion of a mRNA molecule contains the base sequence A-A-U, the corresponding tRNA base sequence is

• T-T-C

• G-G-T

• U-U-A

• A-A-U

What is Phe in this picture represent?

• the codon

• the anticodon

• a polypeptide

• an amino acid

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In a portion of a gene, the nitrogenous base sequence is T-C-G-A-A-T. Which base sequence would normally be found bonded to this section of the gene?

• A-G-C-T-T-A

• U-G-C-A-A-U

• A-C-G-T-A-A

• A-C-G-U-U-A

Use your codon chart to match the DNA sequence GAA to the correct amino acid

• VAL

• TYR

• LEU

• PHE

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use your codon chart to match the DNA sequence TGA to the correct amino acid.

• Thr

• Ala

• Val

• Gly

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Use your codon chart to find the amino acid that codes for AGU

• Tyr

• Gly

• Arg

• Ser

How can a person's muscle cells have the same exact DNA sequences as their nerve cells even though the look and perform completely different?

• The two different cells become mutated
• The proteins expressed in each cell are different
• They actually have different DNA in the two types of cells.
• The genome of the different cells changes

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