Transcription and Protein Synthesis

What is a Gene?

• A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein
• A chromosome
• A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein
• its Genome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Long stretches of genes are packaged to produce __________.

• Organisms
• Proteins
• Chromosomes

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What is a Genome?

• A chromosome
• Organism's full set of chromosomes
• A strand of RNA
• Half of an organism's chromosomes

What are DNA and RNA base pairs?

• DNA: G,C,A,V
  RNA: G,C,U,A
• DNA: T,G,A,C
  RNA: C,V,A,U
• DNA: C,G,T,A
  RNA: G,C,V,A
• DNA: T,A,G,C
  RNA: U,C,G,A

Codons each code for

• a protein
• an enzyme
• an amino acid
• a nucleotide

What is the correct order of Protein Synthesis?

• Protein -> DNA -> RNA
• DNA -> RNA -> Protein
• RNA -> DNA -> Protein
• DNA -> Protein -> RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which is a difference between DNA and RNA

• RNA is double stranded
• RNA is not made of nucleotides
• RNA contains Uracil instead of Thymine
• RNA does not contain a sugar

DNA is copied into RNA using a ________

• DNA Polymerase
• RNA Polymerase

Which DNA sequence codes for proteins?

• Introns
• mRNA
• Exons
• tRNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Segments of a pre-mRna that are spliced out (removed) in order to form mRNA are called

• Genes
• Introns
• Exons
• Codons