WorksheetsProtein Synthesis
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which cellular process takes place in the ribosomes that are bound to the endoplasmic reticulum?
a)
The breakdown of waste material
b)
The conversion of radiant energy to glucose
c)
The synthesis of new proteins
d)
The replication of nucleic acids
2.
a)
Methionine, leucine, histidine, aspartate, glycine
b)
Methionine, phenylalanine, histidine, aspartate, glycine
c)
Methionine, proline, histidine, aspartate, glycine
d)
Methionine, serine, histidine, aspartate, glycine
3.
In the 1960s the molecular biologist George Streisinger developed the strand-slippage hypothesis. Streisinger noticed that mutations occurred in areas of DNA that contained many repeated sequences. When a strand-slippage error occurs, an insertion mutation can result. How does the insertion mutation affect the DNA?
a)
Nitrogenous bases are added
b)
Nitrogenous bases are exchanged
c)
Nitrogenous bases are damaged
d)
Nitrogenous bases are deleted
4.
Early-onset Alzheimer's disease affects people under the age of 65. Less than five percent of people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease have this type. Many cases of early-onset Alzheimer's disease are inherited, a type known as familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Which statement is best supported by this information?
a)
FAD is the result of a genetic change in one or more chromosomes.
b)
Natural selection will continue to reduce the incidence of FAD.
c)
FAD affects only the genes of middle-aged people.
d)
Deletion of one amino acid causes FAD.
5.
a)
Substitution
b)
Insertion
c)
Deletion
d)
Frameshift
6.
a)
GTT
b)
TCT
c)
TCC
d)
GCA
7.
A mutation that occurs in the gametes of an organism will most likely be transferred to which of the following?
a)
The siblings of the organism
b)
The offspring of the organism
c)
The other organisms living nearby
d)
The mating partner of the organism
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