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Vocab 4/ DNA Quiz Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sugar found in RNA

a)

Deoxyribose

b)

Glucose

c)

Lactose

d)

Ribose

2.

The scientific name for the twisted ladder structure of DNA

a)

Double Helix

b)

Single Helix

c)

Triple Helix

d)

Double Ladder

3.

The sugar found in DNA

a)

Ribose

b)

Glucose

c)

Deoxyribose

d)

Lactose

4.

The molecule that connects the sugars along the DNA backbone

a)

Nitrogen Base

b)

Deoxyribose

c)

Phosphate

d)

Ribose

5.

Make up the rungs of the DNA ladder

a)

Phosphates and sugar

b)

Deoxyribose and Ribose

c)

Bases and Sugars

d)

Nitrogen Base Pairs

6.

The building blocks of DNA and RNA. Consist of a sugar, a phosphate, and a base.

a)

Amino acids

b)

Nucleotides

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Proteins

7.

The process of protein synthesis that is used to make RNA from DNA. This occurs in the nucleus.

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

8.

The second part of protein synthesis in which protein is made from RNA. This happens on the ribosome.

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

9.

The building blocks of proteins.

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

nucleic acids

d)

ribosomes

10.

A change in the DNA. It may be harmful, beneficial, or neutral.

a)

Allele

b)

Gene

c)

Mutation

d)

Defect

11.

A type of frame-shift mutation in which one base is added.

a)

Addition

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Subsitution

12.

A type of frame-shift mutation in which one base is

removed.

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Point

13.

A point mutation in which one base is replaced

by a different base.

a)

Frameshift

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Substitution