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Biology l Transcription and Translation

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The decoding of a mRNA messafe into a polypeptide chain is called...

a)

Dialation

b)

Transfer

c)

Translation

d)

Transcription

2.

The making of an RNA molecule from a DNA template is...

a)

transcription

b)

transcribing

c)

transfer

d)

translation

3.

The polymer composed of nucleuotides

a)

DNA

b)

Nucleic acid

c)

RNA

d)

mRNA

4.

A type of nucleic acid that contains the genetic information, known as Deoxyribonucleic acid

a)

rDNA

b)

mRNA

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

5.

A type of RNA that caries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome.

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

tRNA

d)

mRNA

6.

A type of nucleic acid that carries codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosomes

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

tRNA

d)

mRNA

7.

The polymer composed of nucleotides

a)

Nucleic

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

DNA

8.

The monomer of nucleic acids made up of 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

a)

A phosphate

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Nucleotide

9.

The enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides

a)

RNA Polymerase

b)

Helicase

c)

Prolase

d)

Peptide Bonds

10.

Translation happens in the...

a)

Cytoplasm/Ribosome

b)

The Cell Wall

c)

The Nucleus

d)

The Cell Membrane

11.

Cite of Transcription

a)

E.R.

b)

In the Enzyme

c)

Ribosome

d)

Nucleus

12.

The cite of protein synthesis is...

a)

in the protein

b)

helicase

c)

ribosome

d)

in the cell

13.

The long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

a)

polypeptide

b)

peptide bond

14.

3 nucleotides of a tRNA molecule that pairs witha codon

a)

codon

b)

procodon

c)

anticodon

15.

3 nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid

a)

codon

b)

pro codon

c)

anticodon

d)

the code

16.

Carries amino acides to the ribsome, known as transfer RNA

a)

tRNA

b)

DNA

c)

mRNA

17.

The building blocks of protein

a)

Amino acids

b)

Peptide bonds

c)

Bonds

d)

Blocks

18.

3 nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid

a)

Nucleic acid

b)

nucleotide

c)

anticodon

d)

codon

19.

Signals the ribosomes to stop translation

a)

nucleus

b)

anticodon

c)

codon

d)

stop codon

20.

The bond formed between amino acids

a)

covalent bond

b)

polypeptide bond

c)

hydrogen bond

d)

bonding

21.

The long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

a)

Polypeptide

b)

smarties

c)

transciption chains

d)

chains

22.

This is a picture of....

a)

tRNA

b)

DNA

c)

RNA

d)

Protein

23.

RNA is....

a)

Double Stranded

b)

Single Stranded

c)

Triple Stranded

24.

What happens first? TransCription or TransLation?

a)

Transcription

b)

They happen at the same time

c)

Translation