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DNA and RNA Week Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
I am single stranded.
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
2.
I am a nucleic acid.
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
3.
I am arranged as a double helix or "twisted ladder."
a)
Both DNA and RNA
b)
DNA
c)
RNA
4.
I have the sugar ribose.
a)
RNA
b)
DNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
5.
I have the sugar deoxyribose.
a)
RNA
b)
DNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
6.
I include the bases guanine, cytosine, and adenine.
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
7.
I have the base thymine.
a)
Both DNA and RNA
b)
RNA
c)
DNA
8.
I have the base uracil.
a)
RNA
b)
DNA
c)
Both DNA and RNA
9.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
10.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
11.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
12.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
a)
sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
b)
sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
c)
sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
d)
sugar, phosphate, protein
13.
A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.
a)
Replication
b)
Translation
c)
Transcription
14.
The following picture must be
a)
DNA because it's double stranded
b)
RNA because it's single stranded
c)
DNA because it's single stranded
d)
RNA because it's double stranded
15.
What does this picture represent?
a)
amino acid
b)
base pairing
c)
nucleotide
d)
the DNA molecule
16.

Adenine (A) bonds with ______________.

a)

Guanine (G)

b)

Thymine (T)

c)

Cytosine (C)

d)

Adenine (A)

17.

What is the job of ribosomes?

a)

make proteins

b)

store energy

c)

create covalent bonds

d)

create hydrogen bonds

18.

What is the matching nitrogen base sequence for the gene below?

A-

T-

C-

a)

T-

G-

T-

b)

G-

C-

A-

c)

T-

A-

G-

19.

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

20.

What is the name of this structure found in our nucleus?

a)

chromosome

b)

gene

c)

ribosome

d)

DNA

21.

Bundled up, organized DNA is called a

a)

gene

b)

trait

c)

chromosome

d)

nucleotide

22.

DNA can be found in

a)

rocks

b)

cars

c)

all living things

23.

Which image is DNA?

a)
b)
c)
24.
the process of making a copy of DNA
a)
transcription
b)
double helix
c)
DNA replication
d)
replication fork
25.
When DNA makes a copy of itself, the new strands are identical or different?
a)
identical
b)
different
26.

Which of following matches with Cytosine?

a)

Adenine

b)

Thymine

c)

Guanine

d)

Uracil

27.

Which of the following is NOT a base in RNA?

a)

Adenine

b)

Thymine

c)

Uracil

d)

Cytosine

28.
A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.
a)
Replication
b)
Translation
c)
Transcription
29.
How many nucleotides make a codon?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
6
30.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon