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WorksheetsGenetics Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 35mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the nucleotides made of?
a)
Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
b)
Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
c)
Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
d)
Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
2.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
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.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
5.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
6.
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
7.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
8.
Which 2 molecules forms the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?
a)
deoxyribose and adenine
b)
deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond
c)
sugar and the nucleus
d)
deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate
9.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
10.
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
11.
RNA contains the sugar
a)
ribose
b)
deoxyribose
c)
glucose
d)
lactose
12.
Which of the following is a base that is NOT contained in DNA?
a)
Adenine
b)
Thymine
c)
Uracil
d)
Guanine
13.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
DNA is single-stranded
b)
RNA is single-stranded
c)
DNA contains uracil
d)
RNA contains deoxyribose
14.
RNA A pairs with?
a)
g
b)
4
c)
u
d)
t
15.
What is the difference between DNA and RNA in terms of bases?
a)
RNA contains uracil in place of thymine
b)
RNA contains uracil in place of adenine
c)
RNA contains uracil in place of guanine
d)
RNA contains uracil in place of cytosine
16.
What is the product of translation?
a)
DNA
b)
mRNA
c)
tRNA
d)
proteins
17.
How many nucleotides make a codon?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
6
18.
The Process of creating RNA from DNA
a)
Transcription
b)
Translation
c)
Replication
19.
What combines together to make a protein?
a)
Amino Acid
b)
RNA
c)
Ribosome
d)
DNA
20.
What is the order for Protein Synthesis?
a)
Transcription -> Translation -> Protein
b)
Translation - > Transcription -> Protein
c)
Protein -> Transcription -> Translation
d)
Translation -> Protein -> Transcription
21.
3 Types of RNA
a)
Messenger RNA, Transfer RNA, and Ribosomal RNA
b)
Transcription, Monomers, and Nucleus
22.
tRNA
a)
Transfer RNA
b)
Messenger RNA
c)
Ribosomal RNA
23.
rRNA
a)
Messenger RNA
b)
Transfer RNA
c)
Ribosomal RNA
24.
mRNA can be found in___________
a)
nucleus, cytoplasm, or ribosomes
b)
amino acids
25.
tRNA can be found in
a)
cytoplasm or ribosomes
b)
nucleus
26.
tRNA is
a)
like a supply truck; it brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosomes
b)
codes
27.
rRNA
a)
supply truck
b)
forms ribosomes
28.
Transcription is when
a)
mRNA molecule is made from DNA
b)
making of proteins from the mRNA
29.
Codon is
a)
making of proteins from the mRNA
b)
a set of 3 bases on mRNA that code for a specific amino acid
30.
There are stop codons that tell the ribosome to stop making the protein?
a)
True
b)
False
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