Test: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis

During the formation of new strands of DNA, this enzyme adds new nucleotides to the growing strand.

• DNA polymerase.

• RNA polymerase.

• Helicase.

• Ligase.

Small subunits that compose molecules of DNA and RNA.

• Nucleotides.

• Amino acids.

• Fatty acids.

• Monosaccharides.

Name given to a triplet of nucleotides.

• Codon.

• Anticodon.

• Genome.

• Chromosome.

According to the base-pairing rules, adenine always bonds to which base in a DNA strand?

• Thymine.

• Cytosine.

• Guanine.

• Uracil.

Type of sugar found in DNA.

• Deoxyribose.

• Ribose.

• Glucose.

• Fructose.

The process of forming a strand of RNA from a DNA template.

• Transcription.

• Translation.

• Replication.

• Mutation.

Changes in the genetic material of a cell.

• Mutation.

• Transcription.

• Translation.

• Replication.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The process by which a cell copies or duplicates its DNA.

• Replication.

• Transcription.

• Translation.

• Mutation.

If a mutation occurs, and it causes no changes in the protein being made, it is known as a _____ mutation.

• Silent.

• Missense.

• Nonsense.

• Frameshift.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which nitrogen base is found in RNA, but not in DNA?

• Uracil.

• Thymine.

• Cytosine.

• Adenine.