Transcription Translation Basics

What type of RNA carries the DNA message out of the nucleus to the ribosomes?

• mRNA
• tRNA
• RNA
• DNA

What do we call the process of turning DNA into mRNA?

• Translation
• Transcription 
• Replication

When DNA is transcribed to RNA.... 

• A pairs with U
• C pairs with U
• A pairs with T
• C pairs with T

Amino acids are the building blocks of... 

• DNA
• RNA
• Atoms
• Proteins

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In translation, C pairs with 

• U
• G
• A
• T

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule? 

• contains ribose 
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil
• double helix

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• ribosome

One difference between DNA and RNA is that....

• Only RNA has the base Uracil
• only RNA contains the base Thymine
• only RNA contains the base Cytocine
• only RNA contained the base Guanine

True or false:  RNA is double-stranded.

• true
• false
• it depends on the type

Which of these bases does not exist in RNA?

• C
• T
• U
• A