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DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
2.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
3.

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.)

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

fatty acids

d)

polysaccharides

4.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
5.

Which enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides to form a complementary strand of DNA?

a)

Helicase

b)

DNA Polymerase

c)

Ligase

d)

Primase

6.

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand

ATG TGA CAG

a)

ATG TGA CAG

b)

TAC ACT GTC

c)

GTA AGT GAC

d)

CAT TCA CTG

7.

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

a)

Replication

b)

Translation

c)

Transcription

d)

Protein synthesis

8.

In an eukaryotic cell, Which organelle is DNA usually found in ?

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

9.
Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?
a)
polar bonds
b)
ionic bonds
c)
covalent bonds
d)
hydrogen bonds
10.

In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?

a)

G1

b)

S

c)

G2

d)

M

11.

Nucleotides are composed of three parts _________, phosphate and base.

a)

Sugar

b)

Starch

c)

Protein

d)

Nucleotide

12.
What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
a)
the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
b)
the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
c)
the color of the nitrogen bases
d)
the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
13.

Which RNA bases would pair with TACGAA in transcription?

a)

AUGCUU

b)

ATGCTT

c)

GCATCC

d)

GCAUCC

14.

Which process is used to make mRNA from the DNA in the nucleus?

a)

transcription

b)

translation

c)

replication

15.

How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:

ATG GGA ACT CCA

a)

4

b)

2

c)

6

d)

12

16.
The process represented in the diagram produces a molecule that is complementary to the template strand of DNA. What type of molecule is produced?
a)
New DNA
b)
Polypeptide
c)
Messenger RNA
d)
Carbohydrate
17.

What is the term for a three-nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid?

a)

base

b)

codon

c)

amine

d)

serine

18.
Which phase of which process does this picture show?
a)
Transcription
b)
Translation
c)
Replication
19.
What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA
a)
Met-Pro-Ala-Val
b)
Met-Pro-Val
c)
Tyr-Gly-His
d)
Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
20.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon
21.

Which of these is correct?

a)

DNA --> mRNA --> polypeptide chain

b)

DNA --> polypeptide chain --> mRNA

c)

mRNA --> DNA --> polypeptide chain

d)

polypeptide chain --> DNA --> mRNA

22.
What is occurring in this picture?
a)
Translation
b)
DNA Replication
c)
Polymerase is unzipping the DNA
d)
Transcription
23.
When step d is completed, the two DNA molecules formed will be ___.
a)
Identical to each other but not to the parent 
b)
 Identical to the parent but not to each other 
c)
Identical to each other and to the parent
d)
Different from each other and from the parent 
24.

What do all of these organisms have in common?

a)

Universal genetic code

b)

Components that make up the genetic code

c)

Traits that are determined by genes that are translated into proteins

d)

Organisms have all of these in common

25.

Organisms have all of the following in common except ___.

a)

Traits that are determined by genes that are translated into proteins

b)

Sequence of nitrogenous bases in the genetic code

c)

A universal genetic code

d)

The same components that make up the genetic code

26.

Was a female scientist that used a new method called X-ray crystallography to take a photo of DNA called Photograph 51. Her photograph was used by Watson and Crick to build a model of DNA for which they won the Nobel Prize (she died before it was given out).

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Hershey and Chase

c)

James Watson and Francis Crick

d)

Rosalind Franklin

27.

What determines the actual traits we have?

a)

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

b)

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

c)

the color of the nitrogen bases

d)

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

28.
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is important because it __________.
a)
Carries amino acids to the ribosome
b)
Carries ribosomes to the ER
c)
Carries glucose to mitochondria
d)
Carries mRNA out of the nucleus
29.

How can a person's muscle cells have the same exact DNA sequences as their nerve cells even though the look and perform completely different?

a)

The two different cells become mutated

b)

The proteins expressed in each cell are different

c)

They actually have different DNA in the two types of cells.

d)

The genome of the different cells changes

30.

____ is the activation of a gene that results in transcription.

a)

Gene expression

b)

Gene technology

c)

Eukaryotic expression

d)

Prokaryotic expression