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WorksheetsWINK: Protein Synthesis
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are the building blocks of proteins?
amino acid
fatty acid
glucose
nucleotides
What is the molecule that serves as the “blueprint” of life?
deoxyribonucleic acid
messenger RNA
ribonucleic acid
transfer RNA
What are the nitrogenous bases in DNA?
adenine, cytosine, uracil only
adenine, cytosine, thymine only
adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
Which is the correct complement pairing of bases in DNA?
adenine-guanine, cytosine-guanine
adenine-cytosine, guanine-thymine
adenine-thymine, cytosine-guanine
uracil-guanine, cytosine-guanine
Which of the following sequences of DNA bases is complementary to the
sequence: ATC-GTG-CCC
TAG-CAC-GGG
TAG-TAT-GGG
AUG-CAC-GGG
AUG-TAT-GGG
What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?
adenine, cytosine, uracil only
adenine, cytosine, thymine only
adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
What is the correct description for a DNA molecule?
covalent
double helix
octahedral
triple triangle
The DNA of a cell is found inside the ________________.
Golgi body
Nucleus
Nuclear envelope
Ribosomes
What are the types of RNA?
messenger RNA and ribosomal RNA
messenger RNA and transfer RNA
messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA
ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA
According to the rule on complementary pairing of nucleotide bases, adenine (A)
will only make a bond with ____________ in DNA.
cytosine
guanine
thymine
uracil
Most genes DNA hold instructions for the cell to make a specific _____.
carbohydrate
chromosome
lipid
protein
The codes for the production of proteins need to leave the nucleus of the cell.
This can be accomplished by using _______to take messages out of the nucleus.
DNA
RNA
amino acids
lipids
A ______________is a long molecule of tightly coiled DNA.
cellulose
centromere
chromosome
cytoplasm
Which of the following is NOT a stop codon?
UAA
UAG
UGA
GGA
What do you call the basic physical and functional unit of heredity?
centromere
gene
genome
kinetochore
