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Biology Unit 7 DNA, Genes, and Protein Synthes

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following would be LEAST likely to happen as a result of a mutation in a person's skin cells? 
a)
skin cancer
b)
reduced functioning of the skin cell
c)
no change in the skin cell
d)
the person's offspring would have mutated skin
2.

In which part of the cell does translation take place?

a)

in the nucleus

b)

in food vacuoles

c)

at the ribosome

d)

on the chromosome

3.

A DNA segment is changed from AATTAG to AAATAG. This is a ___.

a)

Frameshift

b)

point (substitution)

c)

insertion

d)

deletion

4.

What type of mutation occurs when a nucleotide is completely removed from a codon?

a)

substitution

b)

frameshift

c)

lethal

d)

insertion

5.

Which of these correctly states the central dogma?

a)

protein synthesis, transcription, translation

b)

protein synthesis, translation, transcription

c)

translation, transcription, protein synthesis

d)

transcription, translation, protein synthesis

6.
mRNA is formed in 
a)
transcription
b)
translation
7.
DNA and RNA are made up of subunits known as...
a)
nucleotides
b)
codons
c)
nitrogen bases
d)
ribose molecules
8.
The process of turning the message of mRNA into a protein is called...
a)
transcription
b)
translation
9.
A set of 3 nucleotides that codes for an amino acid is called a(n)...
a)
codon
b)
uricil
c)
leading strand
d)
nitrogenous bases
10.
A gene is...
a)
part of a cell where DNA Is located
b)
a segment of DNA that codes for a protein
c)
the subunits that make up DNA 
d)
a partial moledule of mRNA
11.
What sciencist(s) are credited with the discovery of DNA? 
a)
Watson
b)
Crick
c)
Franklin
d)
all of these
12.

Proteins are made in this part of the cell

a)

ribosome

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

golgi body

13.

Why is mRNA necessary to carry DNA's code out of the nucleus?

a)

DNA is too big to fit through the nuclear pores

b)

mRNA can only exist outside the nucleus

c)

DNA is too small to leave the nucleus

d)

RNA already contains the code and doesn't need the DNA

14.

How do some cells function as brain cells and some function as stomach cells when they all contain the same DNA?

a)

Cells only contain the DNA they need to do their job.

b)

Cells can turn on only those genes needed to go their job

c)

Cells use all the DNA to do every job.