WorksheetsTranscription and Translation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What will be the resulting mRNA from this DNA sequence:
GAT-TAC-AGA-TTA-CAT?
GAT-TAC-AGA-TTA-CAT?
a)
CTA-ATG-TCT-AAT-GTA
b)
GAU-UAG-UGA-UUA-GUT
c)
CUA-AUG-UCU-AAU-GUA
d)
CAT-ACA-TAC-ATA-TAG
2.
What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA
a)
Met-Pro-Ala-Val
b)
Met-Pro-Val
c)
Tyr-Gly-His
d)
Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
3.
Every three letters (example: ATC) in DNA codes for what??
a)
Amino Acid
b)
Nucleotide
c)
Lipid
d)
Carbohydrate
4.
One difference between DNA and RNA is that RNA....
a)
is double stranded
b)
contains the base Thymine
c)
contains the base Uracil
d)
contained the base Guanine
5.
The anti-codon
a)
contains a sequence the same as the codon
b)
contains a sequence complementary to the codon
c)
contains the base thymine
6.
tRNA is involved in
a)
carrying amino acids
b)
carrying ribosomes
c)
carrying glucose
d)
carrying lipids
7.
Amino acids are joined together in order to form
a)
DNA
b)
ribosomes
c)
proteins
d)
RNA
8.
Transcribe the following piece of DNA:
ATCGTA
ATCGTA
a)
UAGCAU
b)
TAGCAT
c)
ATCGTA
d)
AUCGUA
9.
Which Seq could be found in RNA?
a)
ACCTGT
b)
CGCATT
c)
AUGCUU
10.
Which amino acid is made from the RNA codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Leucine
c)
Serine
d)
Tyrosine
11.
Which amino acid is made from the RNA codon GUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Leucine
c)
Serine
d)
Valine
12.
What has DNA?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
bacteria
d)
all of the above
13.
The process of making RNA (i.e. mRNA) from DNA is called
a)
Replication
b)
Transcription
c)
Translation
d)
Protein synthesis
14.
Which represents the bases of mRNA?
a)
A U C G
b)
A T U G
c)
A T C G
d)
U T C G
15.
What is the correct sequence?
a)
RNA --> DNA --> Protein
b)
Protein --> RNA --> DNA
c)
DNA --> RNA --> Protein
d)
DNA --> Protein --> RNA
16.
In eukaryotes, DNA is located in the
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
ribosome
17.
A mRNA molecule is produced in the step of protein synthesis:
a)
replication
b)
transcription
c)
duplication
d)
translation
18.
If a mRNA codon is AGU, which of the following would be the appropriate tRNA anticodon?
a)
TCA
b)
UGA
c)
AGU
d)
UCA
19.
How many bases are in one codon?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
20.
The enzyme that unzips the DNA by breaking the weak Hydrogen bonds to prepare for replication
a)
helicase
b)
replicase
c)
polymerase
d)
synthase
21.
Which phase of which process does this picture show?
a)
Transcription
b)
Translation
c)
Replication
d)
Cloning
22.
Which enzyme is responsible for matching the mRNA bases to the DNA template during transcription?
a)
DNA Ligase
b)
Ligase
c)
DNA Polymerase
d)
RNA Polymerase
23.
What stops the process of translation?
a)
DNA polymerase stops adding bases at a random time
b)
mRNA transcript falls apart
c)
A stop codon is reached
d)
The ribosome moves on to another protein
24.
How many types of RNA are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.
_______ is made during transcription and ________ is made during translation.
a)
mRNA / a protein
b)
a protein / mRNA
c)
Ribosome / Nucleus
d)
mRNA / tRNA
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