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Gene Expression (Protein Synthesis)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DNA controls the cell by instructing it when and how to make different

a)

nucleotides

b)

proteins

c)

fatty acids

d)

carbohydrates

2.

Amino acids are joined together in order to form...

a)

DNA

b)

ribosomes

c)

proteins

d)

RNA

3.

Unlike DNA, RNA...

a)

is double-stranded.

b)

contains the base Thymine.

c)

contains the base Uracil.

d)

is longer than DNA.

4.

Which of the following is NOT directly required for translation?

a)

amino acids

b)

tRNA

c)

DNA

d)

ribosomes

5.

Which is the organelle that makes proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Rough ER

d)

Golgi Apparatus

6.

Where does transcription take place?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosome

d)

Grandma's kitchen

7.
_______ is made during transcription and ________ is made during translation.
a)
mRNA / a protein
b)
a protein / mRNA
c)
Ribosome / Nucleus
d)
mRNA / tRNA
8.
In translation, C pairs with 
a)
U
b)
G
c)
A
d)
T
9.

Codons contain ______ bases of which kind of RNA?

a)

2, messenger

b)

3, messenger

c)

3, transfer

d)

1, ribosomal

e)

3, ribosomal

10.

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the RNA strand that would be complementary to the following DNA strand:

ATTGCA

a)

AUUGCA

b)

ATTGCA

c)

UAACGU

d)

TAACGT

11.

What amino acid is represented by the codon AUG?

a)

Phenylalanine

b)

Methionine

c)

Leucine

d)

Stop codon

12.
What process is going on in this photo? 
a)
Transcription 
b)
Translation 
c)
Replication 
d)
All the above 
13.

What process is happening in the diagram?

a)

transcription

b)

translation

c)

DNA replication

d)

mitosis

14.

What does tRNA bring to the ribosome?

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

proteins

d)

mRNA

e)

fresh jams

15.

You are explaining protein synthesis to your grandmother, using her old heirloom cookbook as an analogy. "Imagine this cookbook is the DNA in each of your cells," you say. If you copy down one recipe on a scrap of paper and take it to the kitchen to make gingerbread cookies, this would be like what in the cell

a)

paper is mRNA, kitchen is the ribosome, cookies are the protein

b)

paper is tRNA, kitchen is mRNA, cookies are the ribosome

c)

paper is the nucleus, kitchen is ribosome, cookies are tRNA

d)

paper is ribosome, kitchen is mRNA, cookies are delicious.