WorksheetsUnit 5: RNA, Protein Synthesis, Mutations & Biotech
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following is FALSE about DNA?
It is double stranded
It contains uracil instead of thymine
It contains the sugar deoxyribose
It stores all of our genetic information
Which type of RNA is a copy of DNA?
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
sRNA
Which of the following type of RNA is also known as the ribosome?
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
Which of the following types of RNA delivers amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis?
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
What are the base pairing rules for RNA?
A-U
C-G
A-T
C-G
A-C
T-G
A-G
C-U
The central dogma of biology is...
DNA--> RNA --> PROTEIN
RNA--> DNA --> PROTEIN
PROTEIN-> DNA->
RNA
DNA-> PROTEIN-> RNA
What happens during transcription?
tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome
ribosome reads the mRNA
mRNA binds to a ribosome
mRNA is made from DNA
Where does transcription occur?
nucleus
cytoplasm
ribosome
mitochondria
A set of 3 nucleotides in mRNA is called a(n)
codon
anticodon
amino acid
Which type of RNA do you use in the Codon chart?
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
What amino acid do you get if your codon is CAG?
Gln
His
Ser
Gly
Some amino acids have multiple corresponding codons
true
false
A tRNA molecule contains 2 things. What are they?
amino acid, codon
amino acid, anticodon
codon, anticodon
amino acid, DNA
What type of bond forms between amino acids?
peptide
hydrogen
carbon
covalent
Which of these does NOT affect the protein made during protein synthesis
Length of the amino acid chain
Order of the amino acids in the chain
How quickly the protein was made
What type of mutation is shown here?
substitution
deletion
insertion
inversion
What type of mutation is shown here?
insertion
deletion
duplication
inversion
What type of mutation is shown here?
deletion
duplication
substitution
inversion
Organisms that contains DNA from one or more different organisms
transgenic organisms
hybrid
selected breeding
mutant
DNA that has been formed by combining genes from multiple organisms
(example: putting fish DNA into a tomato)
recombinant DNA
mutant DNA
karyotype
DNA fingerprint
Using the fingerprint shown, who is likely the correct suspect?
suspect 1
suspect 2
suspect 3
Who is likely the father of this child?
Man 1
Man 2
Man 3
Is this person male or female?
male
female
Is this person male or female?
male
female
This person has 3 chromosomes on the 13th pair, instead of 2. This is called
trisomy
monosomy
diosomy
The process used to create the DNA fingerprints is called
gel electrophoresis
selective breeding
forensic biology
transgenic organisms
Making a genetically identical copy of an organism is called
cloning
selective breeding
hybridization
