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Protein Synthesis

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the function of messenger RNA (mRNA)?
a)
Makes of ribosomes
b)
Brings amino acids to the ribosomes
c)
Reads DNA in the nucleus
d)
None of the above
2.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
3.
Translation takes place in the 
a)
ribosome
b)
chloroplast
c)
nucleus
d)
mitochondria
4.
This cannot leave the nucleus
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both
5.
Carries the genetic code to the ribosome
a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)
DNA
6.
Adenine bonds with ______________ in DNA.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
7.
What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
a)
Substitution
b)
Deletion
c)
Insertion
d)
Frameshift 
8.
RNA is read in sections called:
a)
Triplets
b)
Genes
c)
Codons
d)
Genes
9.
What has DNA?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
bacteria
d)
all of the above
10.
If there are 250 cytosine bases in one strand of DNA, how many guanine bases would there be?
a)
65
b)
125
c)
250
d)
500