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Meiosis, Protein Synthesis, & Mutations

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What phase of meiosis is this cell in?

a)

interphase

b)

metaphase I

c)

metaphase II

d)

anaphase I

2.

What phase of meiosis is this cell in? (hint: look at what is moving)

a)

anaphase I

b)

metaphase II

c)

prophase I

d)

anaphase II

3.

How many total chromosomes do human somatic cells have?

a)

2

b)

23

c)

46

d)

3

4.

How many chromosomes do human sperm/egg cells each have?

a)

2

b)

23

c)

46

d)

3

5.

Where does meiosis happen in the body?

a)

ovaries/testes

b)

skin

c)

heart

d)

liver

6.

Once you reach the end of meiosis I, are the cells diploid or haploid? (HINT: have you reduced the chromosome #?)

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

I don't know :-(

7.

Are sperm cells haploid or diploid?

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

I don't know :-(

8.

When does the DNA copy itself?

a)

before the start of mitosis

b)

before the start of meiosis I

c)

only during interphase

d)

all choices are correct

9.

When a sperm cell and an egg cell fuse together it is called?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

nondisjunction

d)

fertilization

10.

After fertilization, what do we call the fertilized egg?

a)

sperm

b)

zygote

c)

egg

d)

gamete

11.

What pairs up during prophase I of meiosis?

a)

homologous chromosomes

b)

sister chromatids

c)

spindle fibers

d)

centrioles

12.

A gene codes for the making of a ...?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

amino acid

c)

protein

d)

ribosome

13.

DNA instructions are transported to the cytoplasm by...?

a)

DNA

b)

nucleus

c)

tRNA

d)

mRNA

14.

During what phase of meiosis does crossing over happen?

a)

prophase II

b)

prophase I

c)

metaphase I

d)

anaphase II

15.

What is a nucleotide made of?

a)

animo acids

b)

sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

c)

sugar, phospholipid, nitrogen base

d)

carbohydrate, phospholipid

16.

What is the name of the process where DNA information is converted to mRNA?

a)

translation

b)

transcription

c)

meiosis

d)

replication

17.

Which of the following is part of the structure of RNA?

a)

double-stranded molecule

b)

deoxyribose

c)

uracil

d)

thymine

18.

The enzyme that converts DNA into RNA is?

a)

RNA polymerase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

helicase

d)

ligase

19.

If a gene consisted of 60 nucleotides, the protein made from the gene would be about...

a)

180 amino acids long

b)

60 amino acids long

c)

20 amino acids long

d)

10 amino acids long

20.

Give an example of an organism that is considered a prokaryote.

a)

mushroom

b)

ameoba

c)

virus

d)

bacteria

21.

Where does transcription take place in a PROKARYOTE?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosome

d)

nucleolus

22.

Where does translation take place in a EUKARYOTE?

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosome

c)

nucleolus

d)

protein

23.

Amino acids are transported to the ribosomes by?

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

DNA

d)

rRNA

24.

The following DNA sequence TACGGCAAT would look like ? in the mRNA.

a)

TACGGCAAT

b)

ATGCCGTTA

c)

UACGGCAAU

d)

AUGCCGUUA

25.

The following is an example of which kind of mutation?

a)

substitution

b)

insertion

c)

deletion

26.

Mutations are ...?

a)

always bad

b)

always good

c)

always neutral

d)

any of these depending on the change & gene affected

27.

What type of mutation still codes for an amino acid just the wrong one?

a)

silent

b)

misseense

c)

nonsense

d)

noen of these

28.

What type of mutation still codes for the same amino acid?

a)

silent

b)

missense

c)

nonsense

d)

none of these

29.

What causes a nondisjunction?

a)

when sister chromatids don't separate during anaphase II

b)

when chromosomes line up during metaphase

c)

when crossing over happens during prophase I

30.

How is the structure of RNA different from DNA?

a)

RNA uses uracil instead of thymine

b)

RNA is a single-stranded molecule

c)

RNA uses a different sugar than DNA

d)

all of these are correct

31.

What process is happening in this picture?

a)

DNA Replication

b)

transcription

c)

translation

d)

meiosis

32.

What is A pointing to in the picture?

a)

mRNA

b)

DNA

c)

RNA polymerase

d)

nucleus

33.

What is C pointing to in this picture?

a)

mRNA

b)

DNA

c)

RNA polymerase

d)

nucleus

34.

What is A pointing to in the picture?

a)

mRNA

b)

protein

c)

ribosome

d)

nucleus

35.

What is C pointing to in the picture?

a)

mRNA

b)

ribosome

c)

protein

d)

nucleus

36.

What is A pointing to in the picture?

a)

mRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

ribosome

d)

amino acid

37.

What is B pointing to in the picture?

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

ribosome

d)

amino acid

e)

protein