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Biochemistry

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sequence of 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

2.

Guanine bonds with ______________.

a)

Adenine

b)

Guanine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Thymine

3.

Which 2 molecules form the sides (backbone) of the DNA ladder?

a)

deoxyribose sugar and adenine

b)

deoxyribose sugar and a hydrogen bond

c)

deoxyribose sugar and the nucleus

d)

deoxyribose sugar and phosphate

4.

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

a)

sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

b)

sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

c)

sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

d)

sugar, phosphate, protein

5.

Adenine bonds with ______________.

a)

Guanine

b)

Thymine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Adenine

6.

RNA contains the sugar

a)

ribose

b)

deoxyribose

c)

glucose

d)

lactose

7.

Which of the following statements is true?

RNA contains deoxyribose

a)

DNA is single-stranded

b)

RNA is single-stranded

c)

DNA contains uracil

d)

RNA contains deoxyribose

8.

What is the difference between DNA and RNA in terms of bases?

a)

RNA contains uracil in place of thymine

b)

RNA contains uracil in place of adenine

c)

RNA contains uracil in place of guanine

9.

I travel outside of the nucleus.

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

10.

What is the product of transcription?

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

proteins

11.

How many nucleotides make a codon?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

 

In what process is mRNA synthesized?

a)

Transcription

b)

Translation

c)

DNA Replication

d)

Mitosis

13.

When these bond together, they form a protein

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Peptide Bonds

c)

Ribose

d)

Nucleotides

14.

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

a)

translation

b)

transcription

c)

replication

15.

he process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

a)

transcription

b)

rRNA

c)

replication

d)

translation

16.

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the RNA strand that would be complementary to the following strand:  GTAGTCA

a)

ACGACTG

b)

CAUCAGU

c)

CATCAGT

17.

 

Where in our cells does translation occur?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

chloroplast

18.

What is the location in the cell for transcription?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

19.

Contains the bases adenine, uracil, cytosine and guanine

a)

DNA

b)

BOTH

c)

RNA

20.

 

RNA differs from DNA in that:

all of these

a)

it has a different kind of sugar

b)

it has uracil

c)

it is single stranded

d)

all of these

21.

What is the correct order to make a protein?

a)

Protein, DNA, RNA

b)

DNA, RNA, Protein

c)

Protein, RNA, DNA

22.

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

a)

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

b)

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

c)

the color of the nitrogen bases

d)

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

23.

Which type of RNA takes the instructions from the nucleus to the cytoplasm?

a)

mRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

RNA polymerase

24.

What makes up the SIDES of a DNA ladder?

a)

nitrogen bases

b)

sugars & phosphates

c)

genes & chromosomes

d)

RNA

25.

enzyme unwinding and unzipping DNA.

​What is the name of this enzyme?

a)

DNA Helicase

b)

DNA Ligase

c)

DNA polyermase

d)

RNA Polymerase

26.

Which enzyme is responsible for adding the free nucleotides to the replicating DNA? ​

a)

DNA Helicase

b)

DNA Ligase

c)

DNA polyermase

d)

RNA Polymerase

27.

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

a)

covalent bond

b)

hydrogen bond

c)

polar bond

d)

non polar bond

28.

What is it called when one strain of bacteria is CHANGED by a gene

Translation

Mutation

Transformation

Hox Gene

a)

Translation

b)

Mutation

c)

Transformation

d)

Hox Gene

29.

What is a monomer of nucleic acids made of 3 parts, a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitogenous base

a)

DNA

b)

Nucleotide

c)

Deoxyribose

d)

RNA

30.

WHO made a model of the DNA molecule with two strands wound around each other called a double helix?

a)

Chargaff

b)

Hershey and Chase

c)

Avery

d)

Watson & Crick

31.

What are genes?

a)

Coded DNA instructions that control the production of protiens

set of plans for their specific job

b)

set of plans for their specific job

c)

Sequence of genetic messages

d)

A blueprint

32.

Does the order of amino acids in a protein matter?

a)

YES

b)

NO

33.

 

One mRNA molecule carries the message of only one gene.

a)

This statement is True.

b)

This statement is False - change the underlined word to tRNA to make it true.

c)

This statement is False - change the underlined word to DNA to make it true.

d)

this statement is False - change the underlined word to rRNA to make it true.

34.

What happens during translation?

a)

Messenger RNA is made from a DNA code

b)

The cell uses a messenger RNA code to make proteins.

c)

Transfer RNA is made from a messenger RNA code.

d)

Copies of DNA molecules are made.

35.

Which of the following is NOT a function of proteins?

a)

build tissues such as bone and muscle

b)

store and transmit heredity

c)

control the rate of reactions and regulate cell processes

d)

help to fight disease