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RNA & Protein Synthesis

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a mRNA sequence of AAG-GGC-CCG-UUU_ will have will produce which amino acid sequence below?

a)

proline-Lysine- Argenine-Stop

b)

Alanine-Argenine-phynylalanine-Threonine-

c)

Threonine-Alanine-Argenine-phynylalanine

d)

Valine-serine-Alanine-Glycine

2.

What are the words along the outside of the circle?

a)

base pairs

b)

amino acids

c)

sugars

d)

phosphate groups

3.

What can you find by reading this diagram from the inside out?

a)

mRNA

b)

DNA

c)

ribosomes

d)

nothing

4.

For which amino acid is AAA a codon?

a)

proline

b)

valine

c)

tyrosine

d)

lysine

5.

What is the codon for tryptophan?

a)

UGG.

b)

UUG

c)

GUU

d)

UGU

6.

the molecule in the diagram is_?

a)

DNA

b)

rRNA

c)

mRNA

d)

rRNA

7.

The instructions for assembling proteins are contained in the____?

a)

Ribosome

b)

extron

c)

Gene

d)

intron

8.

The central dogma of molecular biology is that information is transferred from

a)

RNA to protein to DNA.

b)

DNA to protein to RNA.

c)

DNA to RNA to protein.

d)

protein to DNA to RNA.

9.

The way in which DNA, RNA, and proteins are all involved in putting genetic information into action in living cells is called

a)

. translation.

b)

transcription.

c)

gene expression.

d)

translocation

10.

Whether the organism is a pea plant or a human being, the information in the DNA of the cell’s nucleus directs synthesis of proteins in the cytoplasm. Why, then, are pea plants and

human beings so different?

a)

They contain similar DNA,

b)

They contain different RNA

c)

They contain different DNA,

d)

They contain similar RNA,