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WorksheetsDNA and Protein Synthesis
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of organic molecule is DNA?
a)
Protein
b)
Nucleic Acid
c)
Lipid
d)
Carbohydrate
2.
What kind of sugar is found in DNA?
a)
Glucose
b)
Fructose
c)
Sucrose
d)
Deoxyribose
3.
What are the four bases found in DNA?
a)
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine
b)
Uracil, Thymine, Adenine and Guanine
c)
Guanine, Phosphate, Adenine, Thymine
d)
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine and Cytosine
4.
Where is DNA found in eukaryotic cells?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Vacuole
c)
Cell Membrane
d)
Nucleus
5.
This is the process of using a DNA template to make a strand of mRNA
a)
Translation
b)
Transcription
c)
Replication
d)
Mitosis
6.
Which amino acid sequence will be made if the mRNA strand reads GGG UGU?
a)
Phe-Iso
b)
Val-Ala
c)
Val-Cys
d)
Gly-Cys
7.
Which two scientist developed the double helix model of DNA?
a)
Watson and Crick
b)
Darwin and Wallace
c)
Franklin and McDermitt
d)
Perry and Tyler
8.
The function of tRNA is to......
a)
produce a copy of mRNA
b)
break the hydrogen bonds of DNA
c)
transfer amino acids during translation
d)
separate sister chromatids
9.
What mRNA strand would be produced during transcription using the DNA strand TAC GTA TAT
a)
TAC GTA TAT
b)
UAC GUA UAU
c)
GCU ACG GCG
d)
AUG CAU AUA
10.
What is the function of transcription?
a)
To make a copy of mRNA that can take the instructions of DNA to the ribosome
b)
To make a new copy of DNA for a new cell that will be produced during mitosis
c)
To join together amino acids at the ribosome to make proteins
d)
To divide germ cells into four haploid cells for reprodcution
11.
What is the subunits of DNA and RNA?
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Fatty Acids
c)
Amino Acids
d)
Monosaccharides
12.
What amino acid is coded for by the DNA triplet GGG
a)
Proline
b)
Valine
c)
Serine
d)
Isoleucine
13.
What is occurring in this picture?
a)
Translation
b)
DNA Replication
c)
Polymerase is unzipping the DNA
d)
Transcription
14.
One difference between DNA and RNA is that RNA....
a)
is double stranded
b)
contains the base Thymine
c)
contains the base Uracil
d)
contained the base Guanine
15.
Amino acids are joined together in order to form
a)
DNA
b)
ribosomes
c)
proteins
d)
RNA
16.
Any change in the sequence of DNA is...
a)
transgenic shift
b)
Single Genotype
c)
Monohybrid Trait
d)
Mutation
17.
Pair the relationships.
Mitochondria : ATP
Mitochondria : ATP
a)
Chloroplast : Lipids
b)
Cell Membrane : Molecules
c)
Ribosome : Protein
d)
ER : Nucleic Acid
18.
Normal-
AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG
Mutant-
AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G
AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG
Mutant-
AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G
a)
deletion frameshift
b)
insertion frameshift
c)
substitution
d)
nonsense
19.
What part of protein synthesis does this diagram represent?
a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)
RNA
20.
What is the structure labeled with an X?
a)
amino acid
b)
anticodon
c)
codon
d)
polypeptide
21.
Which amino acid would be synthesized given the DNA sequence GTA?
a)
Histidine
b)
Valine
c)
Threonine
d)
Methionine
22.
In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of _____.
a)
cytosine
b)
guanine
c)
thymine
d)
uracil
23.
Which sequence of DNA would be complementary to this sequence?
ATG TGA CAG
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
24.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
25.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
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