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DNA and Protein Synthesis

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what process is mRNA synthesized?

a)

Transcription

b)

Translation

c)

DNA Replication

d)

Mitosis

2.
The mRNA leaves the ________ to find the ribosome to make proteins.
a)
cell
b)
nucleotide
c)
nucleus
3.

Why must transcription occur in the nucleus?

a)

because DNA can't leave the nucleus

b)

because ribosomes are in the nucleus

c)

because DNA polymerase is found there

d)

because helicase unzips the DNA

4.

How are DNA and RNA different? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Only DNA can leave the nucleus

b)

RNA contains Thymine; DNA contains Uracil

c)

DNA is double stranded, RNA is a single stranded

d)

DNA contains Thymine, RNA contains Uracil

5.

Which organelle contains rRNA and reads the mRNA to synthesize a protein?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleotide

6.

Choose the sequence of the mRNA strand that would match up with to the following DNA strand:

GTACAT

a)

CATGTA

b)

GAUCUA

c)

CAUGUA

d)

CUTGTU

7.

What brings the amino acids to the ribosome to assemble a protein?

a)
mRNA
b)
tRNA
c)
rRNA
d)

DNA

8.

How many nucleotides code for 1 amino acid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

When these bond together, they form a protein

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Peptide Bonds

c)

Ribose

d)

Nucleotides

10.
The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____
a)
transcription
b)
rRNA
c)
replication
d)
translation
11.

Which anticodon would be placed in spot #2

a)

GGC

b)

CCA

c)

GGA

d)

GGT

12.

Which process does this diagram illustrate?

a)

transcription

b)

DNA replication

c)

translation

13.

What determines the shape and function of a protein?

a)

The sequence of amino acids

b)

The type of ribosome that assembles the protein

c)

The cell that manufactures the protein

14.

True or False: mRNA contains anticodons and tRNA contains codons.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How can a mutation in the DNA sequence result in NO change to the protein that is made?

a)

There are multiple codons that can code for the same amino acid and result in the same protein

b)

There is always a change in the protein when a mutation occurs

c)

Only the mRNA is used in protein synthesis so a mutation in the DNA would have no effect on the protein

16.

What is the first step in protein synthesis?

(a)  

17.
Which of the following bases is found only in RNA?
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Thymine
d)
Uracil
18.

Which form of RNA carries amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosome?

(a)  

19.

Transcribe the following sequence of DNA into RNA:
AAG   CTT   TGC

(a)  

20.

What would be the complementary DNA strand for the following nucleotide sequence?
TCG ATA CGA

(a)  

21.

Variations in DNA base sequences are called

a)

mutations.

b)

duplications.

c)

replication.

d)

none of the answers are correct

22.

Which of the following images is a INSERTION?

a)
b)
c)
23.

One strand of DNA is ____ to the other side to form its structure

a)

Translated

b)

Transformed

c)

Replicated

d)

Transcribed

24.

What is the process in which protein synthesis happens?

a)

DNA-->RNA--> Proteins

b)

DNA-->Proteins-->RNA

c)

Protein--->DNA--->RNA

d)

Protein Synthesis--> Transcription-->Translation

25.

Translation takes place in the

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

26.

In mRNA, each codon specifies for a particular

a)

nucleotide

b)

Enzyme

c)

Amino Acid

d)

Monomers

27.

tRNA has anticodons and amino acids attached to it

a)

True

b)

False

28.

DNA is made up of

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Amino Acids

c)

Nucleotides

d)

None of these

29.

The structure of a nucleotide consists of a

a)

A phosphate, A deoxyribose sugar, a nitrogenous base

b)

A phosphate base, Ribose sugar, a nitrogen

c)

DNA, RNA, Protein

d)

DNA, Protein, Amino Acids

30.

How are DNA and RNA different? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Only DNA can leave the nucleus

b)

RNA contains Thymine; DNA contains Uracil

c)

DNA is double stranded, RNA is a single stranded

d)

DNA contains Thymine, RNA contains Uracil