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Accelerated Biology Vocab: Translation & Mutations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of making a protein using the code carried in mRNA?

a)

Transcription

b)

Replication

c)

Translation

2.

What code translates mRNA codons into amino acids?

a)

Translator

b)

Genetic Code

c)

Amino Acid Code

3.

What word in genetic coding consists of three nucleotides?

a)

Codon

b)

Triplet

c)

Nitrogenous Base

d)

mRNA

4.

What type of RNA converts codons into amino acids?

a)

rRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

mRNA

5.

What three nucleotides in tRNA complement codons in mRNA?

a)

Codon

b)

Gene

c)

Anticodon

6.

What enzyme carries out translation?

a)

RNA Polymerase

b)

Ribosome

c)

rRNA

7.

What RNA makes up part of a ribosome?

a)

rRNA

b)

RNA Polymerase

c)

tRNA

8.

What is a change in a sequence of DNA that affects a single point in a gene?

a)

Chromosome Mutation

b)

DNA Mutation

c)

Point Mutation

9.

What is the definition of base substitution?

a)

A point mutation where one base pair is switched to a different base pair.

b)

A point mutation where one base pair is added.

c)

A chromosome mutation where one base pair is switched to a different base pair.

10.

What is the definition of a silent substitution?

a)

Any point mutation where base pairs are NOT changed.

b)

Any substitution mutation where the amino acid sequence is NOT changed.

c)

Any substitution mutation.

11.

What is the spacing of codons in mRNA that start with the first start codon?

a)

Reading Frame

b)

Frameshift

c)

Start Codon

12.

What mutation changes the reading frame of a coding region?

a)

Reading Frame Mutation

b)

Chromosomal Mutation

c)

Frameshift Mutation

13.

What is the point mutation where new base pairs are added to the DNA sequence?

a)

Insertion

b)

Deletion

c)

Substitution

14.

What is the point mutation where new base pairs are removed from the DNA sequence?

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

15.

What is a chromosomal mutation?

a)

Any mutation in the chromosome.

b)

Any mutation affecting one base pair in a chromosome.

c)

Any mutation that affects a large portion of a chromosome.