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Homework Check {Protein Synthesis Notes}

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Polypeptides also called

a)

proteins

b)

transcription

c)

translation

d)

mRNA

2.

Who discovered that chromosomes were made of DNA and Protein?

a)

Walter Sutton

b)

Watson

c)

Crick

d)

Henrietta Lacks

3.

Who discovered the shape of DNA?

a)

Watson & Crick

b)

Sutton

c)

Lacks

d)

Griffith

4.

Purines have _____ rings and Pyrimidines have _____ CN rings.

a)

single, double

b)

double, single

c)

double, double

d)

single, single

5.

rRNA makes

a)

protein

b)

ribosomes

c)

amino acids

d)

rRNA

6.

How many amino acids exist?

a)

20

b)

40

c)

3

d)

2

7.

Amino acids are linked together by

a)

peptide bonds

b)

hydrogen bonds

c)

proteins

d)

DNA

8.

Each 3 letter unit is called a

a)

codon

b)

amino acid

c)

RNA

d)

DNA

9.

The TATA box

a)

starts a promoter

b)

ends a terminator

c)

releases the pre-RNA

d)

transfers DNA to RNA

10.

______ separates the 2 DNA strands and moves along the DNA and links RNA nucleotides.

a)

RNA Polymerase

b)

DNA Polymerase

c)

Ligase

d)

Primase

11.

The start codon

a)

AUG

b)

UAA

c)

UAG

d)

TATA

12.

Ribosomes have two attachment sites for tRNA:

a)

A & T

b)

P & A

c)

G & C

d)

U &T

13.

Codons are found on the ____ and anticodons are found on the ________.

a)

ribosome; cytoplasm

b)

DNA;RNA

c)

RNA;DNA

d)

mRNA;tRNA

14.

The 5' portion of the nucleotide is the

a)

end with the phosphate

b)

end without the phosphate

c)

the side with sugar

d)

the side with the nitrogen base

15.

Which codon makes serine?

(a)  

16.

(a)   code for proteins.

17.

(a)   do not code for proteins.

18.

(a)   are complimentary to mRNA codons. They are found in tRNA.

19.

rRna associates with (a)   to form ribosomes.

20.

Peptide bonds serve as the (a)   step in translation.