RNA and Protein Synthesis and Mutations

What type of sugar makes up RNA?

• deoxyribose
• glucose
• fructose
• ribose

What shape is RNA?

• single helix
• double helix

What base does RNA have that DNA does not?

• uracil

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

What are proteins composed of?

• nitrogen bases
• amino acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

How many amino acids exist?

• 46
• 23
• 20
• 10

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What type of bond holds amino acids together in order to make a protein?

• hydrogen bond
• peptide bond

Where does transcription take place?

• at a ribosome
• in the nucleus
• at a mitochondria
• at a lysosome

What is made from a DNA strand during transcription?

• tRNA
• mRNA

If a DNA strand reads ATT CGT CTA, what would the mRNA strand read?

• TAA GCA GAT
• CGA TGA GUT
• UAA GCA GAU
• TAA GCA GUT

Where does translation take place?

• in the nucleus
• at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
• at a mitochondria
• at a lysosome