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WorksheetsDNA Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the name of the process of making a copy of DNA which is called RNA
Transcription
Cellular Respiration
Translation
Nucleus Process
What is the name of the cell organelles (part of a cell) that builds proteins out of amino acids?
Ribosomes
RNA
Nucleus
Mitochondria
A set of three bases that code for a specific amino acids.
Macromolecule
mRNA
Codon
Protein
What is the amount of matter that makes up something? (measured in grams and kilograms)
Mass
mRNA
Compund
Matter
Something that is called a ______________ is made out of two or more separate elements.
compound
element
atoms group
covalent bond
A group of atoms bonded together is called a ______________.
molecule
GMO
equation
chemical reaction
What is the name of the base pair that bonds with cytosine in a DNA molecule?
Guanine
Adenine
mRNA
Uracil
A change in a gene or chromosome is called a ____________________.
altercation
cellular respiration
mutation
transcription
What are the macromolecules that are the building blocks of cells; made of amino acids?
nucleic acids
carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
Plant or animal whose genes (DNA) have been changed by scientists.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
Radioactive
mRNA
DNA purified
Adenine bonds with ______________.
Guanine
Thymine
Cytosine
Adenine
Where inside the cell is DNA located?
cell membrane
vacuole
chloroplast
nucleus
ATG TGA CAG
Using the codon chart translate the following code of RNA into the correct amino acids: CCC AAG GAC
Pro - Lys - Asp
Cys - Lys - Glu
The - Asn - Glu
Thr - Phe - Asp
A long section of DNA that has information for a specific trait of a living thing is a _____________.
mRNA
Genome
GMO
Gene
The full set of an organism’s (living thing) DNA.
Genome
Gene
Ribsome
Element
The process of decoding mRNA and making a protein is made out of amino acids is called ____________.
transcription
interpretation
creative molecular activity
translation
Six basses make how many codons?
2
3
6
16
The _____________ connects amino acids to codons in building proteins by match the anti-codon to the codon.
mRNA
ribosome
translation connector
tRNA
Amino acids are to proteins as ____________ are to words.
sentences
letters
sounds
books
Our genetic information is found inside our _______________.
DNA
Amno Acid
Protein
Brains
DNA has instructions for building thousands of different _______________.
proteins
cars
types of foods
RNA
A sections of DNA that codes for a specific protein is called a ______________.
gene
blueprint
macromolecule
GMO
DNA is coiled and organized into structures called _________________.
spindle fibers
bundles
chromosomes
ribosomes
