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Unit 2 Test - Proteins, DNA, Enzymes, and Mutations

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do enzymes end in?

a)

ase

b)

ose

c)

acid

d)

nucleotides

2.

Enzymes are classified as what macromolecule?

a)

Carbs

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic Acids

3.

Since enzymes are classified as proteins, what is the monomer of an enzyme?

a)

amino acids

b)

monosaccharide

c)

fatty acid and glycerol

d)

nucleotides

4.

What are enzymes in reference to chemical reactions?

a)

Catalysts that speed up chemical reactions

b)

Catalysts that slow down chemical reactions

c)

building blocks that come together to create polymers

d)

molecules that break down all substrates

5.

What impact does pH have on enzymes?

a)

Each enzyme has a specific optimum pH. Extreme pH (high or low) will denature an enzyme.

b)

Each enzyme can operate at any pH, so pH does not impact enzymes.

c)

pH can slow down enzymes, but never denatures them.

d)

Each enzyme has a specific optimum pH. All enzymes operate best at a pH of 7.

6.

How do enzymes work? What is their impact on activation energy?

a)

Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy.

b)

Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions by increasing the activation energy.

c)

Enzymes are catalysts that slow down chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy.

d)

Enzymes are catalysts that slow down chemical reactions by increasing the activation energy.

7.

What does it mean to denature an enzyme?

a)

Change its shape

b)

Change its effectiveness

c)

Change its substrate

d)

Change its functionality

8.

Define the word substrate

a)

The molecule that the enzyme acts upon

b)

The molecule that denatures the enyme

c)

The spot on the enzyme that binds to the product

d)

The enzyme after it is denatured

9.

The active site...

a)

is where the substrate binds to the enzyme

b)

is where the enzyme is composed on amino acids

c)

is where the enzyme gets denatured

d)

is the entire enzyme

10.

The substrate turns into the

a)

product

b)

enzyme

c)

active site

d)

amino acid

11.

What would happen to enzyme D if it was placed in a pH of 1?

a)

it would denature

b)

it would slow down, but not denature

c)

it would be functioning at its optimum pH

d)

It would increase in function

12.

What would be the complimentary DNA strand to the template strand: 5' AGA 3'

a)

5' AGA 3'

b)

5' TCT 3'

c)

3' TCT 5'

d)

3' UCU 5'

13.

If a DNA strand is composed of 10% adenine, what % thymine would make it up?

a)

10%

b)

40%

c)

30%

d)

There is no way to tell

14.

If a DNA strand is composed of 10% Adenine, what percent of the strand would be composed of Guanine?

a)

10%

b)

40%

c)

30%

d)

There is no way to tell

15.

True or false: All organisms contain the nitrogen bases A,T,C,G in their DNA.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A nucleotide is composed of what 3 molecules?

a)

Phosphate, sugar, nitrogen base

b)

Phosphate, sugar, hydrogen bond

c)

Phosphate, ribose sugar, uracil

d)

Phosphate, deoxyribose sugar, thymine

17.

What does helicase do during DNA replication?

a)

Breaks the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases

b)

Breaks the hydrogen bonds between the hydrogen bases

c)

Unwinds the DNA double helix

d)

Adds the new nucleotides to the new strand

18.

What does DNA polymerase do?

a)

Adds new nucleotides to the exposed template strand and proofreads for mistakes

b)

Unzips the DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds

c)

Unwinds the DNA double helix

d)

Glues the okazaki fragments together

19.

On which strand does DNA polymerase follow the replication fork (helicase)?

a)

Leading

b)

Lagging

c)

New

d)

old

20.

Which strand contains okazaki fragments?

a)

leading

b)

lagging

21.

DNA and RNA are examples of which macromolecules?

a)

Carbs

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic Acids

22.

What is the monomer/building blocks of DNA and RNA?

a)

monosaccharide

b)

fatty acid and glycerol

c)

amino acid

d)

nucleotide

23.

All of these are examples of differences between DNA and RNA EXCEPT which one?

a)

RNA contains Uracil, DNA contains Thymine

b)

RNA is single stranded, DNA is double stranded

c)

RNA contains ribose sugar, DNA contains deoxyribose sugar

d)

RNA is found in viruses, DNA is found in humans

24.

DNA is turned into RNA in what process?

a)

Transcription

b)

Translation

c)

Replication

d)

catalyzation

25.

RNA is turned into amino acids through what process?

a)

Transcription

b)

Translation

c)

Replication

d)

catalyzation

26.

The mRNA codon AUG codes for met (start) amino acid in which organisms?

a)

Viruses

b)

Humans

c)

Prokaryotes

d)

All organisms

27.

Transcribe ATT into its RNA sequence

a)

TAA

b)

UAA

c)

You cannot do this, there is no T in DNA

28.

Translate UCC into its amino acid

a)

Ser

b)

Met

c)

Glu

d)

Phe

29.

Where does transcription occur within a cell?

a)

The nucleus

b)

The cytoplasm

c)

The ribosomes

d)

The golgi bodies

30.

Where does translation occur within a cell?

a)

The nucleus

b)

The cytoplasm/ribosomes

c)

The golgi body

d)

The smooth ER

31.
a)

The DNA will code for the same protein

b)

The DNA will code for a nonfunctional protein

c)

The DNA will code for an incomplete protein

d)

The DNA will code for the same protein with a different shape

32.

Why are frameshift mutations more harmful than substitution mutations?

a)

The process stops early during a frameshift mutation

b)

The missing base would leave a hole in the DNA

c)

The rest of the DNA would not be translated

d)

The codons shift one letter for all bases after the mutations, changing all of them as well.

33.

Changing one base for another in the DNA sequence would result in what type of mutation?

a)

frameshift

b)

substitution

c)

deletion

d)

insertion