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DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does DNA stand for?

(a)  

2.

Where is DNA located?

(a)  

3.

What are the complementary base pairing rules for DNA? (_ pairs with _; _ pairs with _)

(a)  

4.

What are the complementary base pairing rules for RNA? (_ pairs with _; _ pairs with _)

(a)  

5.

When does DNA replication happen?

(a)  

6.

Where does DNA replication happen?

(a)  

7.

Which enzyme “unzips” DNA during replication?

(a)  

8.

What happens during DNA replication?

(a)  

9.

Which enzyme adds nucleotides and proofreads DNA?

(a)  

10.

Which enzyme connects pieces of the lagging strand?

(a)  

11.

What is the complementary DNA strand to the DNA sequence: TAG?

(a)  

12.

What does the central dogma of biology state?

(a)  

13.

Which process copies a gene into mRNA?

(a)  

14.

What are the 2 parts of protein synthesis?

(a)  

15.

Where does transcription occur?

(a)  

16.

Where does translation occur?

(a)  

17.

Which process creates and amino acid from the mRNA?

(a)  

18.

What are the 3 types of RNA?

(a)  

19.

What do you call a triplet of 3 nucleotides that correspond to an amino acid?

(a)  

20.

How would mRNA transcribe the DNA sequence: GAT

(a)  

21.

What is the corresponding amino acid for the codon GCU?

(a)  

22.

What is the corresponding amino acid for the codon GUA?

(a)  

23.

What is the corresponding amino acid for the codon GGC?

(a)  

24.

Where are codons found

(a)  

25.

Where are anticodons found?

(a)  

26.

True or false: Anticodons are read on the codon chart to find amino acids.

(a)  

27.

What brings amino acids to the ribosome?

(a)  

28.

What can cause frameshift mutations?

(a)  

29.

What can cause a point mutation?

(a)  

30.

The process by which cells make proteins.

(a)  

31.

The building blocks of nucleic acids.

(a)  

32.

What kind of sugar is found in RNA?

(a)  

33.

What kind of sugar is found in DNA?

(a)  

34.

The step of protein synthesis in which RNA is changed into an amino acid.

(a)  

35.

The building block of proteins.

(a)  

36.

The step of protein synthesis in which DNA is changed into RNA.

(a)  

37.

A group of 3 bases that code for an amino acid.

(a)  

38.

The base that adenine pairs with in a DNA molecule

(a)  

39.

The nitrogenous base that is found only in RNA.

(a)