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Replication and Transcription

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why must the information for making a protein be transcribed to an mRNA molecule before the protein can be made at the ribosome?

a)

DNA cannot leave the nucleus so the message is sent on mRNA to the ribosome.

b)

DNA cannot leave the nucleus so the message must be sent on tRNA to the ribosome.

c)

DNA cannot leave the nucleus so the message must be sent on rRNA to the ribosome.

d)

DNA can leave the nucleus.

2.

Where in the cell does DNA replication take place?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

rough ER

3.

Since one strand of the original DNA is saved in each new DNA molecule, we say that DNA replication is...

a)

conservative

b)

semi-conservative

c)

completely conservative

d)

not conservative

4.

What is the "Y" shaped form between the two strands of DNA called as they are separating during replication?

a)

strand separating fork

b)

synthesis fork

c)

replication fork

d)

DNA fork

5.

During what part of interphase does DNA make a copy of itself?

a)

G1

b)

G3

c)

G2

d)

S

6.

According to Chargaff's rule, if a sample of DNA is 40% adenine, what percent is guanine?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

40%

d)

80%

7.

The process in which DNA makes a copy of itself before the cell divides is called...

a)

mitosis

b)

transcription

c)

meiosis

d)

replication

8.

DNA contains the sugar...

a)

ribose

b)

deoxyribose

c)

glucose

d)

chitin

9.

RNA contains the sugar...

a)

deoxyribose

b)

starch

c)

ribose

d)

galactose

10.

What base does DNA contain that RNA does not?

a)

Uracil

b)

Thymine

11.

What base does RNA contain that DNA does not?

a)

Thymine

b)

Uracil

12.

DNA is ________ stranded.

a)

single

b)

triple

c)

double

13.

RNA is _______ stranded.

a)

double

b)

single

c)

triple

14.

What does the process of transcription produce?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

genes

d)

chromosomes

15.

What is the process of copying a sequence of DNA (gene) to produce an mRNA molecule?

a)

translation

b)

transcription

c)

replication

d)

translocation

16.

Where does the process of transcription take place?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

rough ER

c)

nucleus

d)

nucleolus

17.

The Central Dogma states that information flows in only one direction from...

a)

DNA-RNA-Protein

b)

Protein-RNA-DNA

c)

RNA-Protein-DNA

d)

DNA-Protein-RNA

18.

In the process of transcription, how many strands of the DNA molecule are used as a pattern for making the mRNA molecule?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

1