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Genes and Protein

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is DNA

a)

donuts need algea

b)

did no algebra

c)

do not answer

d)

deoxyribonucleic acid

2.

Why is DNA important?

a)

It teleports cookies to my locker.

b)

It carries the instructions for our cells.

c)

It allows me to be invisible.

d)

It gave us a snow day in August.

3.

What does the structure of DNA resemble?

a)

an airplane propeller

b)

a twisted ladder

c)

a twisted Christmas tree

d)

a hippo in a tutu

4.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
5.

How many chromosomes do human cells have?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

2

d)

44

6.
What is a gene?
a)
A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into
b)
something inside the nucleus
c)
a piece of DNA
d)
all of your DNA
7.

Bundled up, organized DNA is called a

a)

gene

b)

trait

c)

chromosome

d)

nucleotide

8.

DNA makes a copy of itself in a process called ________________________________?

a)

translation

b)

replication

c)

transcription

d)

division

9.
What do we call the process of turning DNA into mRNA?
a)
Translation
b)
Transcription 
c)
Replication
10.
Amino acids are the building blocks of... 
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
Atoms
d)
Proteins
11.
_______ is made during transcription and ________ is made during translation.
a)
mRNA / a protein
b)
a protein / mRNA
c)
Ribosome / Nucleus
d)
mRNA / tRNA
12.
Which is the organelle that makes proteins?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Ribosomes
c)
Rough ER
d)
Golgi Apparatus
13.
What is the correct order?
a)
Transcription then Translation
b)
Translation then transcription
c)
Translation then replication
d)
Replication then Translation
14.
The  basic structural and functional unit of lving things
a)
atom
b)
nucleus
c)
molecule
d)
cell
15.
The control centre of the cell
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
mitochondria
16.

Genes are

a)

a pair of pants you wear made of denim

b)

the fats and carbohydrates that make up your cell

c)

created new for every offspring to be unique

d)

segments of DNA that code for your traits (proteins)

17.

What are chromosomes made of?

a)

DNA

b)

Cells

c)

Fats

d)

Carbohydrates

18.

Genes code for proteins when

a)

the cell reads and follows the instructions to make the protein.

b)

the cell performs it's specialized job for the body.

c)

the cell dies.

d)

the cell is born.

19.

What is a protein?

a)

DNA

b)

a group of carbohydrates doing a job

c)

things that make up most of the cell membrane

d)

a chain of amino acids that performs a function for the body

20.

What is a trait?

a)

the dense circular organelle in the cell

b)

characteristics of the organism

c)

the outside of a plant cell

d)

the green organelle in the cell