Transcription – Translation Review: Protein Synthesis

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

• A nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group

• A nitrogenous base, a hexose sugar, and a phosphate group

• A nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a sulfate group

• A nitrogenous base, a hexose sugar, and a sulfate group

The process of transcription is making _________ from ____________.

• mRNA from DNA

• DNA from mRNA

• protein from DNA

• RNA from protein

Transcription occurs in the _______________ (organelle in the cell).

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

• ribosome

There are _______ types of RNA.

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 2

The process of translation is making ______________ from __________________.

• proteins from mRNA.

• DNA from proteins.

• RNA from DNA.

• lipids from carbohydrates.

Translation occurs in the _________________ (part of the cell).

• ribosome

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• golgi apparatus

Translation begins when the ___and the ___ combine

• mRNA, rRNA
• mRNA, tRNA

• rRNA, tRNA

• DNA, mRNA

The ___ carries amino acids to the ___ where the peptide is assembled.

• tRNA,mRNA

• tRNA, rRNA

• tRNA, sRNA

• sRNA, tRNA

Translation begins with a start __________.

• codon.

• signal.

• sequence.

• point.

Three RNA nucleotides in a row in mRNA is a _______________.

• codon
• match

• amino acid

• base