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DNA and RNA Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who came up with the DNA model?

a)

Franklin and Watson

b)

Crick and Watson

c)

Crick and Einstein

d)

Newton and Watson

2.

What does DNA stand for?

a)

ribonucleic acid

b)

diniate

c)

denyrisonucleic acid

d)

deoxyribonucleic acid

3.

What shape is DNA?

a)

double helix

b)

single helix

c)

triple helix

d)

stepstool

4.

What makes up the sides of the DNA twisted ladder?

a)

nucleotides

b)

sugar and nitrogen bases

c)

sugar and phosphate

d)

phosphate and nitrogen bases

5.

What makes up the "rungs" (steps) of the ladder?

a)

nucleotides

b)

nitrogen bases

c)

sugar and phosphate

d)

nucleic acid

6.

What does thymine always pair with?

a)

adenine

b)

cytosine

c)

uracil

d)

guanine

7.

What does guanine always pair with?

a)

adenine

b)

cytosine

c)

uracil

d)

guanine

8.

What are specific sections of DNA called?

a)

nucleotides

b)

traits

c)

replication

d)

genes

9.

What holds the nitrogen bases together?

a)

sugar

b)

hydrogen bonds

c)

phosphate

d)

nucleic acid

10.

What is the process by which one DNA molecule forms two DNA molecules?

a)

duplication

b)

transcription

c)

replication

d)

translation

11.

Where is your DNA located inside a cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleolus

d)

nucleus

12.

What does DNA code for?

a)

makes mRNA which makes proteins

b)

your traits like eye color

c)

to make cell parts

d)

all of the above

13.

What does RNA have instead of thymine?

a)

eracil

b)

uracil

c)

unical

d)

urabel

14.

RNA...

a)

is a single chain of nucleotides (one side of the ladder)

b)

is a double helix shape

c)

is a twisted ladder

d)

has deoxyribose sugar

15.

DNA has _____________ sugar and RNA has ___________ sugar.

a)

ribose, deoxyribose

b)

phosphate, ribose

c)

deoxyribose, ribose

d)

deoxyribose, phosphate

16.

The DNA unzips to replicate itself.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

After DNA unzips and a mRNA code is made it stays attached to the DNA

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is a RNA molecule that contains a copy of the DNA's coded message?

a)

cRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

mRNA

19.

What's a type of RNA that has a codon for bases and carries amino acids to the ribosomes?

a)

cRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

mRNA

20.

What is the process of making a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule?

a)

translation

b)

transcription

c)

replication

d)

protein synthesis

21.

What is a 3 base code for a specific amino acid called that is attached to a tRNA?

a)

codon

b)

coder

c)

cody

d)

copier

22.

Messenger RNA leaves the nucleus and goes to what cell part to make proteins?

a)

mitochondria

b)

lysosome

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

ribosome

23.

Transfer RNA (tRNA) match to the mRNA code & connects the amino acid to a chain to make a protein.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What is the process of making proteins inside a cell called?

a)

replication

b)

translation

c)

transcription

d)

protein synthesis

25.

What is #1 in the picture an example of?

a)

transcription

b)

replication

c)

translation

d)

duplication

26.

What is #2 in the picture an example of?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

TNA

d)

MNA

27.

What is #3 in the picture an example of?

a)

mRNA in the nucleus

b)

DNA

c)

tRNA

d)

mRNA on a ribosome

28.

What is #4 in the picture an example of?

a)

transcription

b)

translation

c)

replication

d)

duplication

29.

What is #5 in the picture an example of?

a)

protein

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

DNA

30.

What is #6 in the picture an example of?

a)

mRNA in nucleus

b)

mRNA on a ribosome

c)

tRNA

d)

DNA

31.

What is this picture an example of?

a)

replication

b)

duplication

c)

transcription

d)

translation

32.

What process joins amino acids together to form proteins?

a)

transcription

b)

translation

c)

replication

d)

duplication

33.

A gene is a part of the DNA molecule that codes for a unique __________.

a)

base

b)

nucleotide

c)

sugar

d)

protein

34.

Which of the following determine(s) the protein that is built from a particular gene?

a)

The nucleotides present in the gene

b)

The number of sugar and phosphates used

c)

The order the nucleotides are in

d)

The type of ribosome that is used

35.

Which RNA is produced during transcription?

a)

transfer RNA

b)

messenger RNA

c)

ribosomal RNA

d)

protein RNA

36.

What is the first step in replication?

a)

Ribosome reads the mRNA.

b)

Enzyme unzips the DNA strand into two halves.

c)

The tRNA brings an amino acid over.

d)

Enzymes pair up nucleotides with their pairing partners.

37.

Put the following evens in order for transcription.

a. An enzyme "reads" the order of the nucleotides in the DNA.

b. The mRNA leaves the nucleus.

c. An enzyme adds nucleotides to form the new mRNA.

d. An enzyme unzips part of the DNA molecule.

a)

a, b, c, d

b)

b, d, a, c

c)

d, a, c, b

d)

c, b, d, a

38.

The process of transcription and translation can be considered engineered systems because they appear to be planned, designed, and built to work together.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Replication makes 2 different strands of DNA

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Can DNA store information?

a)

yes

b)

no

41.

Can DNA build cellular structures?

a)

yes

b)

no

42.

When DNA replicates which strands are the NEW DNA?

a)

inside

b)

outside