Transcription and Translation Lesson

What amino acid is represented by the codon CAG?

• Aspartic Acid

• Histidine

• Glutamine

• Methionine

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

• 4

• 3

• 6

• 2

Type of RNA that carrier genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to direct protein synthesis in the cytoplasm.

• Typical RNA

• Messenger

  RNA

• Transfer RNA

• Development RNA

Type of RNA that associates with proteins to form ribosomes.

• Development RNA

• Messenger RNA

• Transfer RNA

• Ribosomal RNA

Type of RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosome.

• DNA

• Ribosomal RNA

• Transfer RNA

• RNA

Process in which mRNA is synthesized from the template DNA.

• transcription

• codon

• translation

• electrons

Enzyme that regulates RNA synthesis.

• translation

• DNA polymerase

• RNA polymerase

• transcription

In RNA processing, the intervening coding sequence is missing from the final mRNA.

• exon

• intron

• codon

• anticodon

In RNA processing, the coding sequence that remains in the final mRNA.

• anticodon

• codon

• exon

• intron

Three-base code in DNA or RNA

• atom

• exon

• intron

• codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1