WorksheetsVocabulary Practice
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The basic building block of nucleic acids (A, T/U, C, G) "the letters"
a)
Amino Acids
b)
Peptides
c)
Nucleotides
d)
Proteins
2.
The process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis
a)
Transcription
b)
Replication
c)
Duplicaton
d)
Translation
3.
When a cell makes a copy of DNA
a)
Translation
b)
Transcription
c)
Replication
d)
Duplication
4.
The process of making an RNA copy
a)
Translation
b)
Transcription
c)
Replication
d)
Duplication
5.
A chemical inside cells that contain hereditary information and controls how an organism will look and function by controlling what proteins a cell produces
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Amino Acid
d)
Nucleic Acid
6.
A trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid. "3 letters"
a)
Amino Acids
b)
Nucleotides
c)
Codon
d)
Protein
7.
A set of 20 different molecules used to build proteins "words"
a)
Nucleotides
b)
Amino Acids
c)
Codon
d)
Protein
8.
Composed of one or more long chains of amino acids "sentences"
a)
Nucleotides
b)
Amino Acids
c)
Codon
d)
Protein
9.
The basic physical unit of inheritance. Arranged on structures called chromosomes.
a)
Amino Acid
b)
Nucleotide
c)
Codon
d)
Gene
10.
The ability of cells to turn genes on and off. It is a regulated process due to the fact that only specific genes are expressed at certain times.
a)
Gene
b)
Gene Expression
c)
Translation
d)
Transcription
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