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DNA - RNA - MUTATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is attached to the transfer RNA (tRNA)?

a)

DNA

b)

Ribosome

c)

Amino acids

d)

protein

2.

Which of the following is not part of protein synthesis?

a)

Translation

b)

Transcription

c)

Replication

3.

The codon is located on the ...

a)

Ribosome

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

rRNA

4.

During the process of transcription, which of the following is produced?

a)

H2O

b)

ATP

c)

DNA

d)

mRNA

5.

where does the process of transcription occur?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Ribosome

c)

Cell nucleus

d)

Outside the cell

6.

which process uses the code on an RNA molecule to make a protein?

a)

Mutation

b)

Replication

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

7.

what is DNA made up from?

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Protein

c)

Amino acids

d)

Cytoplasm

8.

what is nucleotide made up from?

a)

Nitrogen base

b)

Nitrogen base - sugar - phosphate group

c)

amino acid

d)

tRNA

9.

Which of the following describes the mutation that occurs when three base pairs are added?

a)

Insertion

b)

Substitution

c)

Transgression

d)

Deletion

10.

what is mutation?

a)

A change in the sequence of DNA

b)

A change in the sequence of RNA

c)

A change in the sequence of protein

d)

A change in the sequence of nucleotide

11.
What has DNA?
a)
animals
b)
plants
c)
bacteria
d)
all of the above
12.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
DNA is single-stranded
b)
RNA is single-stranded
c)
DNA contains uracil
d)
RNA contains deoxyribose
13.
What nitrogen base pairs with adenine in DNA?
a)
T
b)
U
c)
C
d)
G
14.
Which nucleic acid is single stranded?
a)
RNA
b)
DNA
15.

What is the correct order to make a protein?

a)

Protein, DNA, RNA

b)

RNA, DNA, Protein

c)

DNA, RNA, Protein

d)

Protein, RNA, DNA