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Transcription and Translatiom

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of RNA carries the DNA message out of the nucleus to the ribosomes?
a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)
aRNA
2.
What do we call the process of turning DNA into mRNA?
a)
Replication
b)
Transcription
c)
Translation
d)
Cloning
3.
When DNA is transcribed to RNA.... 
a)
A pairs with U
b)
G pairs with U
c)
C pairs with T
d)
A pairs with C
4.
How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATGGGAACTCCA
a)
4
b)
2
c)
6
d)
12
5.
What is the job of tRNA?
a)
Carry info from genes to ribosomes
b)
Carry amino acids to ribosomes
c)
Help excise RNA
d)
Make up ribosomes
6.
What is the correct sequence?
a)
RNA --> DNA --> Protein
b)
Protein --> RNA --> DNA
c)
DNA --> RNA --> Protein
d)
DNA --> Protein --> RNA
7.
What is the relationship between a protein, the cell, and DNA?
a)
DNA is produced by protein which is produced in the cell
b)
Protein is composed of DNA which is produced in the cell
c)
DNA makes RNA which produces protein in the cell
d)
A cell is composed of DNA and protein
8.
Which enzyme is responsible for matching the mRNA bases to the DNA template during transcription?
a)
DNA Ligase
b)
Ligase
c)
DNA Polymerase
d)
RNA Polymerase
9.
Three mRNA bases that are read together are known as what?
a)
Codon
b)
Anticodon
c)
Triplet
d)
Amino acid
10.
Which process occurs in the ribosome?
a)
Transcription
b)
Translation
c)
Replication
d)
All of these
11.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon
12.
What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA
a)
Met-Pro-Ala-Val
b)
Met-Pro-Val
c)
Tyr-Gly-His
d)
Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
13.
What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?
a)
Phenylalanine
b)
Tyrosine
c)
Leucine
d)
Stop codon
14.

What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA

a)

Met-Pro-Ala-Val

b)

Met-Pro-Val

c)

Tyr-Gly-His

d)

Tyr-Gly-Arg-His

15.
Which sequence of complementary 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
16.
The two strands of nitrogenous bases in DNA are joined by which type of bond?
a)
polar bonds
b)
ionic bonds
c)
covalent bonds
d)
hydrogen bonds
17.
In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of adenine present is always equal to the amount of _________.
a)
cytosine
b)
guanine
c)
thymine
d)
uracil
18.

Which of the following is correctly matches: ATT GTA CGA

a)

TAA CAT GCT

b)

ATT GTA CGA

c)

TAA GTA TCG

d)

GCC ACG TAC

19.

What does the notation Tt mean to a geneticist?

a)

two dominant alleles

b)

at least one recessive alleles

c)

two recessive alleles

d)

one dominant and one recessive allele

20.

What type of inheritance pattern does the diagram represent?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

21.

If the image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance pattern?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

22.

What type of inheritance pattern does the image represent?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

23.

In humans, the gene for curly hair (H) is incompletely dominant to the gene for straight hair (h). Individuals that are heterozygous (Hh) have wavy hair.

Two wavy-haired heterozygous parents have a child.

What is the likeliness that the child will have wavy hair?

a)

1/4

b)

1/2

c)

3/4

d)

4/4