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Biology Unit 6 DNA

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many nucleotides are needed to create a codon?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

Which one of the following is not part of a nucleotide for DNA?

a)

Deoxyribose sugar

b)

Phosphate

c)

Nitrogenous base - uracil

d)

Nitrogenous base - cytosine

3.

Which of the following is not part of an RNA nucleotide?

a)

Ribose sugar

b)

Phosphate

c)

Nitrogenous base - adenine

d)

Nitrogenous base - thymine

4.

What holds the base-pairs together?

a)

chemical bonds

b)

hydrogen bonds

c)

phosphodiester bonds

d)

ionic bonds

5.

What is a sequence of nucleotides that directs the synthesis of a product (ex: protein)

a)

gene

b)

transfer RNA

c)

codon

d)

DNA polymerase

6.

Where does DNA replication occur?

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosome in cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosome in chloroplast

7.

A sample of DNA is 20% cytosine. What percentage would be guanine?

a)

80%

b)

20%

c)

40%

d)

30%

8.

What organelle makes it possible for mRNA to be translated into proteins?

a)

nucleus

b)

DNA

c)

Golgi body

d)

ribosome

9.

Anticodon is found on

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

ribosome

10.

Codon is found on

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

ribosome

11.

Amino acids are identified by

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

ribosomes

12.

Which one should be like the DNA, with T and U being switched?

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

genes

13.

Which substances carries information from the nucleus to the cytoplasm?

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

rRNA

14.

A DNA segment is AAG, what is the other DNA strand?

a)

AAG

b)

TTC

c)

UUC

d)

AAT

15.

A DNA segment is TGA. What is the corresponding mRNA strand?

a)

TGA

b)

ACT

c)

ACU

d)

ACA

16.

A DNA segment is GCT. What is the tRNA segment?

a)

GCT

b)

CGA

c)

GCU

d)

CGT

17.

Which scientist did NOT contribute to the discovery of the double helix nature of DNA?

a)

Mendel

b)

Franklin

c)

Watson

d)

Crick

18.

Which substance is a copy of the DNA that will transfer from the nucleus to the cytoplasm (ribosome)?

a)

tRNA - translation

b)

mRNA - transcription

c)

tRNA - replication

d)

mRNA - translation

19.

Which substance picks up and brings amino acids to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm?

a)

mRNA - translation

b)

tRNA - transcription

c)

mRNA - replication

d)

tRNA - translation

20.

What is the product of transcription?

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

chain of amino acids

d)

sugar

21.

Which is the second step?

a)

a strand of mRNA is copied from DNA (transcription)

b)

mRNA moves from nucleus to cytoplasm and attaches to ribosome

c)

tRNA picks up amino acid and bonds to specific codon on mRNA (translation)

d)

amino acid chain is created

22.

A change in a base sequence of an organism's DNA is a

a)

genotype

b)

mutation

c)

lysosome

d)

helicase

23.

A mutation in which a base is missing is called

a)

insertion

b)

deletion

c)

substitution

d)

recombination

24.

A segment of DNA is changed from ATAA to ATTA, this is an example of

a)

insertion

b)

recombination

c)

substitution

d)

deletion

25.

All of the following might serve as mutagenic agents, except

a)

ultraviolet rays

b)

pollinating agents

c)

gamma rays

d)

X-rays

26.

Which shows the correct base pairing for DNA?

a)

A - G

b)

G - C

c)

A - G

d)

U - A

27.

Which shows the correct base pairing for RNA?

a)

A - T

b)

G - A

c)

U - A

d)

C - T

28.

Proteins are a sequence of

a)

nucleotides

b)

amino acids

c)

monosaccharides

d)

ribosomes

29.

Genetic information is changed from ATT GCA to ATT GCA T

a)

substitution

b)

deletion

c)

insertion

d)

synthesis

30.

What molecules do both RNA and DNA contain?

a)

nucleotides

b)

thymine

c)

uracil

d)

deoxyribose