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Unit 5: RNA, Protein Synthesis, Mutations & Biotech

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is FALSE about DNA?

a)

It is double stranded

b)

It contains uracil instead of thymine

c)

It contains the sugar deoxyribose

d)

It stores all of our genetic information

2.

Which type of RNA is a copy of DNA?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

sRNA

3.

Which of the following type of RNA is also known as the ribosome?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

4.

Which of the following types of RNA delivers amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

5.

What are the base pairing rules for RNA?

a)

A-U

C-G

b)

A-T

C-G

c)

A-C

T-G

d)

A-G

C-U

6.

The central dogma of biology is...

a)

DNA--> RNA --> PROTEIN

b)

RNA--> DNA --> PROTEIN

c)

PROTEIN-> DNA->

RNA

d)

DNA-> PROTEIN-> RNA

7.

What happens during transcription?

a)

tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome

b)

ribosome reads the mRNA

c)

mRNA binds to a ribosome

d)

mRNA is made from DNA

8.

Where does transcription occur?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

9.

A set of 3 nucleotides in mRNA is called a(n)

a)

codon

b)

anticodon

c)

amino acid

10.

Which type of RNA do you use in the Codon chart?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

11.

What amino acid do you get if your codon is CAG?

a)

Gln

b)

His

c)

Ser

d)

Gly

12.

Some amino acids have multiple corresponding codons

a)

true

b)

false

13.

A tRNA molecule contains 2 things. What are they?

a)

amino acid, codon

b)

amino acid, anticodon

c)

codon, anticodon

d)

amino acid, DNA

14.

What type of bond forms between amino acids?

a)

peptide

b)

hydrogen

c)

carbon

d)

covalent

15.

Which of these does NOT affect the protein made during protein synthesis

a)

Length of the amino acid chain

b)

Order of the amino acids in the chain

c)

How quickly the protein was made

16.

What type of mutation is shown here?

a)

substitution

b)

deletion

c)

insertion

d)

inversion

17.

What type of mutation is shown here?

a)

insertion

b)

deletion

c)

duplication

d)

inversion

18.

What type of mutation is shown here?

a)

deletion

b)

duplication

c)

substitution

d)

inversion

19.

Organisms that contains DNA from one or more different organisms

a)

transgenic organisms

b)

hybrid

c)

selected breeding

d)

mutant

20.

DNA that has been formed by combining genes from multiple organisms

(example: putting fish DNA into a tomato)

a)

recombinant DNA

b)

mutant DNA

c)

karyotype

d)

DNA fingerprint

21.

Using the fingerprint shown, who is likely the correct suspect?

a)

suspect 1

b)

suspect 2

c)

suspect 3

22.

Who is likely the father of this child?

a)

Man 1

b)

Man 2

c)

Man 3

23.

Is this person male or female?

a)

male

b)

female

24.

Is this person male or female?

a)

male

b)

female

25.

This person has 3 chromosomes on the 13th pair, instead of 2. This is called

a)

trisomy

b)

monosomy

c)

diosomy

26.

The process used to create the DNA fingerprints is called

a)

gel electrophoresis

b)

selective breeding

c)

forensic biology

d)

transgenic organisms

27.

Making a genetically identical copy of an organism is called

a)

cloning

b)

selective breeding

c)

hybridization