Amino Acid Codon

In mRNA, each codon specifies a particular 

• nucleotide

• amino acid

• purine

• pyrimidine

What amino acid is coded for by the codon ACA?

• Ile

• Thr

• Asn

• Lys

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The codon is located on the 

• DNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATG GGA ACT CCA

• 4

• 2

• 6

• 12

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Sequence of 3 consecutive nucleotides that code for one amino acid

• Anti-codon

• Protein

• Bases

• Codon

Molecule that makes up proteins (monomer of proteins)

• Ribosome

• rRNA

• Ribose

• Amino acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

A codon is a group of ___ RNA bases.

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 6

What best explains the interaction between tRNA and mRNA during translation?

• anticodons on the mRNA line up with complementary codons on the tRNA

• anticodons on the tRNA line up with complementary codons on the mRNA

• tRNA attach amino acids to the complementary mRNA sequence

• mRNA attach amino acids to the complementary tRNA sequence

Which phase of which process does this picture show?

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

Transfers and brings amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis

• messenger RNA (mRNA)

• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

• transfer RNA (tRNA)

• RNA Polymerase