WorksheetsDNA & Protein Synthesis
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is credited for discovering the shape of DNA?
a)
James Lebron and Francis Oneill
b)
James Watson and Francis Crick
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Rosalind Franklin
2.
What 3 things make up a nucleotide?
a)
Sugar, Phosphate, Nitrogen Base
b)
Sugar, Hydrogen, Carbon
c)
Carbon, Phosphate, Nitrogen
d)
mRNA, tRNA and rRNA
3.
How many base pairs would be needed to chain together 3 amino acids?
a)
3
b)
6
c)
9
d)
12
4.
What is assembled during transcription?
a)
transfer RNA
b)
messenger RNA
c)
DNA replication
d)
court proceedings
5.
What is made during translation?
a)
transfer RNA
b)
messenger RNA
c)
Proteins
d)
Spanish Rice
6.
What stores the code for making an individual protein?
a)
DNA
b)
a gene
c)
a chromosome
d)
transfer RNA
7.
What makes DNA different from RNA?
a)
they type of phosphate
b)
the type of sugar
c)
having C pair with G
d)
Having A's
8.
What is another name for a protein?
a)
a chain of amino acids
b)
polypeptide
c)
codon
d)
anticodon
9.
Why do we need proteins?
a)
To taste good
b)
Everything is made of or by them
c)
Do digest our food
d)
to make pizza
10.
What amino acid is coded for by the mRNA UCU?
a)
Serine
b)
Arginine
c)
Glycine
11.
What amino acid would be coded for by the DNA AAA?
a)
Lysine
b)
Phenylalanine
c)
Leucine
12.
How is a mutation caused?
a)
changing the tRNA
b)
a mutagen
c)
cancer
13.
A 3 nucleotide sequence of mRNA
a)
codon
b)
anticodon
14.
a 3 nucleotide sequence of tRNA
a)
codon
b)
anticodon
15.
Which of the following is the process of reading mRNA code to produce a protein?
a)
replication
b)
translation
c)
transcription
16.
Deoxyribose is the sugar in RNA
a)
True
b)
False
17.
The site of protein synthesis?
a)
nucleus
b)
ER
c)
Ribosome
d)
Golgi Body
18.
What part of DNA carries the code?
a)
hydrogen bonds
b)
deoxyribose
c)
nitrogen base
d)
phosphate
19.
The amino acid that means a protein code is starting is:
a)
tryptophan
b)
methionine
c)
arginine
d)
serine
20.
Which of the following would code for a stop amino acid?
a)
UAA
b)
UAG
c)
UGA
d)
All of these
21.
A gene provides the code for the production of
a)
protein
b)
sugar
c)
ribose
d)
double helix
22.
How do you determine a mutation is helpful, harmful, or neutral
a)
If the outcome looks good
b)
If the organism can survive and reproduce
c)
If the organism doesn't survive or reproduce
d)
If the organism survives and then mutates
23.
What mRNA would give the amino acid Proline?
a)
CCG
b)
GGA
c)
CAU
d)
UCA
24.
Smoking, sunburns, and lead paint are examples of mutagens
a)
True
b)
False
25.
If you are looking at the genetic code you should use the tRNA.
a)
True
b)
False
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