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RNA and Protein Synthesis PRACTICE quiz

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Label the different parts of protein synthesis

2.

Label the different parts of protein synthesis (part II)

3.

DNA controls the cell by instructing it when and how to make different

a)

nucleotides

b)

proteins

c)

fatty acids

d)

carbohydrates

4.

Amino acids are joined together in order to form...

a)

DNA

b)

ribosomes

c)

proteins

d)

RNA

5.

Unlike DNA, RNA...

a)

is double-stranded.

b)

contains the base Thymine.

c)

contains the base Uracil.

d)

is longer than DNA.

6.
In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 
a)
cytosine
b)
adenine
c)
guanine
d)
thymine
7.

Mr. Jewett discovered a new virus. The virus has a single strand of a nucleic acid, but he does not know if it is DNA or RNA. After running tests, he concludes that it is DNA. Which of the following would lead him to that conclusion?

a)

It contains uracil.

b)

It contains adenine.

c)

It contains thymine.

d)

It contains cytosine.

8.

Which is the organelle that makes proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Rough ER

d)

Golgi Apparatus

9.
_______ is made during transcription and ________ is made during translation.
a)
mRNA / a protein
b)
a protein / mRNA
c)
Ribosome / Nucleus
d)
mRNA / tRNA
10.

Where does transcription take place?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosome

d)

Grandma's kitchen

11.

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the mRNA strand that would be complementary to the following DNA strand:

ATTGCA

a)

AUUGCA

b)

ATTGCA

c)

UAACGU

d)

TAACGT

12.

Codons contain ______ bases of which kind of RNA?

a)

2 bases, messenger RNA

b)

3 bases, messenger RNA

c)

3 bases, transfer RNA

d)

1 base, ribosomal RNA

e)

3 bases, ribosomal RNA

13.

Which of the following is NOT directly required for translation?

a)

amino acids

b)

tRNA

c)

DNA

d)

ribosomes

14.

In translation, mRNA codons base pair with 

a)

DNA genes

b)

DNA anti-codons

c)

tRNA genes

d)

tRNA anti-codons

15.

Which of the four types of nucleic acids is this?

a)

rRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

DNA

16.

Three bases on tRNA are called ______________.

a)

anti-codon

b)

codon

c)

gene

d)

mutation

17.

A segment of DNA that codes for a single protein

a)

gene

b)

chromosome

c)

protein

d)

chromatin

18.

What process is happening in the diagram?

a)

transcription

b)

translation

c)

DNA replication

d)

mitosis

19.

What is the location in the cell for TRANSCRIPTION?

a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
ribosome
d)
mitochondria
20.

mRNA carries a copy of one gene's worth of DNA from the nucleus to the ___

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

vacuole

d)

ribosome

21.
Translation is the process where
a)
mRNA is created in the Nucleus
b)
mRNA is decoded to form a protein 
c)
glucose molecules are made
d)
is where lipids are synthesised
22.
What process is going on in this photo? 
a)
Transcription 
b)
Translation 
c)
Replication 
d)
All the above 
23.

What does tRNA bring to the ribosome?

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

proteins

d)

mRNA

e)

fresh jams

24.

What amino acid is added to the protein when the mRNA has the codon AUG?

a)

Phenylalanine

b)

Methionine

c)

Leucine

d)

Stop codon

25.

You are explaining protein synthesis to your grandmother, using her old heirloom cookbook as an analogy. "Imagine this cookbook is the DNA in each of your cells," you say. "You copy down one recipe on a scrap of paper and take it to the kitchen to make gingerbread cookies." Which of the following has the correct analogy?

a)

scrap paper is mRNA, kitchen is the ribosome, cookies are the protein

b)

scrap paper is tRNA, kitchen is mRNA, cookies are the ribosome

c)

scrap paper is the nucleus, kitchen is ribosome, cookies are tRNA

d)

scrap paper is ribosome, kitchen is mRNA, cookies are delicious.

26.

During which processes is the  DNA unzipped or split open?

a)
Replication & Transcription
b)
Translation only
c)
Replication only
d)
Transcription only
27.

Three bases of mRNA with the information to code for one amino acid are called a ______________.

a)

anti-codon

b)

codon

c)

gene

d)

mutation

28.

What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

a)

It carries the information on how to make a protein from the nucleus to the ribosome.

b)

DNA turns into mRNA.

c)

mRNA turns into protein.

d)

mRNA carries amino acids to the ribosome.

29.

What is the job of tRNA in protein synthesis?

a)

Carry the message from the nucleus to the ribosome

b)

Carry amino acids to the ribosome during translation

c)

Carry DNA to the ribosome

d)

help make mRNA codons in transcription

30.

Name two different types of proteins and describe what each type does. Provide an example of one of these.

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31.

If the codon chart tells us which amino acid gets added based on the mRNA codons, what is the point of the tRNA and the anticodons?

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32.

Write two ways that DNA and RNA are similar and two ways that they are different.

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