Transcription Quiz

What are 3 types of RNA?

• mRNA, tRNA, rRNA

• aRNA, fRNA, mRNA

• TRNA, MRNA, RRNA

• MRNA, ARNA, FRNA, MRNA

What is the term for a three-nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid?

• base

• codon

• amine

• serine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Transcription is ...

• very fast and happening all the time.

• very slow and happening all the time.

• very fast and happening rarely.

• very slow and happening rarely.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

How well were you listening in the previous lesson? Which molecule do we think evolved first?

• DNA

• RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What is the enzyme involved in transcription?

• DNA polymerase

• RNA polymerase

• DNA synthetase

• RNA synthetase

This is the DNA strand: ATCCTTAGAACGTAC, what will the mRNA strand be?

• TAGGAATCTTGCATC

• UACCUUAGAACGAUG

• UAGGAAUCUUGCAUG

• TUGGUUTGTTGCUTC

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

How does RNA leave the nucleus?

• It does not leave the nucleus.

• An enzyme carries it out.

• Through the nuclear membrane.

• Through the nuclear pores.

Which process is used to make mRNA from the DNA in the nucleus?

• transcription

• translation

• replication 

Which RNA bases would pair with TACGAA in transcription? 

• AUGCUU

• ATGCTT

• GCATCC

• GCAUCC

Which of these is correct?

• DNA --> mRNA --> polypeptide chain

• DNA --> polypeptide chain --> mRNA

• mRNA --> DNA --> polypeptide chain

• polypeptide chain --> DNA --> mRNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1