WorksheetsNucleic Acids & Protein Synthesis STAAR Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 25mins
Nitrogen Bases for DNA:
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phosphate
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
Nitrogen bases for RNA:
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil
Adenine Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phosphate
Which Nitrogen bases go together?
Adenine and Cytosine
Adenine and Thymine
Cytosine and Guanine
Thymine and Guanine
Steps or rungs of ladder, are made up of:
Nitrogen containing bases that connect in center by weak hydrogen bonds.
Nitrogen containing bases that connect in the center by carbohydrate bonds
Nitrogen containing bases that connect in the center by weak phosphate bonds
Nitrogen containing bases that connect in the center by strong phosphate bonds
Sides or backbones of DNA molecules are made up of?
Alternating sugars-phosphates
Nitrogen and Phosphate
Alternating sugar-sulfur
Carbon and Hydrogen
ATG GGA ACT CCA
The RNA codon AUG means
add amino acid methionine
start the protein here
add the amino acid tyrosine
end the polypeptide chain here
Which of the following sequences best describes the flow of information that takes place when a gene directs the synthesis of a cellular component?
RNA-DNA-RNA-PROTEIN
DNA-RNA-PROTEIN
PROTEIN-RNA-DNA
DNA-AMINO ACID-RNA-PROTEIN
Translation consists of which of the following?
conversion of genetic info from the language of nucleic acids to the language of proteins
conversion of genetic info from DNA to RNA
addition of nucleotides to a DNA template
DNA replication
When RNA is being made, the RNA base ____ always pairs with the base ___ in DNA.
U-T
T-G
U-A
A-U
Any change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene is called
a mutation
a codon
a translation
an anticodon
GTAGTCA
The info carried by DNA is in
an amino acid sequence
the sugars and phosphates that form the backbone
the order of bases in the molecule
the total number of nucleotides
When using your codon chart, what sequence can you use to find the correct amino acid?
DNA
mRNA
tRNA
Any of these will do
How many nucleotides? AAU GCG AUG
9
3
1
15
What is the order for Protein Synthesis?
Transcription -> Translation -> Protein
Translation - > Transcription -> Protein
Protein -> Transcription -> Translation
Translation -> Protein -> Transcription
Organic compound made of amino acids that is responsible for cell specialization, gene expression, growth, repair and many critical cellular functions
gene therapy
protein
codon
amino acids
What point mutation changes one base?
Substitution
Insertion
Deletion
What is it called when a point mutation messes up several amino acids?
Chromosomal Mutation
Reading Frame Mutation
Frameshift Mutation
Amino Acid Mutation
Which types of point mutations mess up several amino acids?
Insertion
Substitution
Deletion
Silent
What is it called when a point substitution mutation has no effect?
Substitution Mutation
No Mutation
Silent Mutation
