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Gene Expression

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the sugar found in RNA?

a)

Ribose

b)

Glucose

c)

Deoxyribose

d)

Fructose

2.

Which base is replaced by uracil in RNA

a)

Adenine

b)

Thymine

c)

Cytosine

d)

Guanine

3.

Which enzyme is responsible for synthesizing RNA during transcription

a)

DNA polymerase

b)

Helicase

c)

RNA Polymerase

d)

Ligase

4.

What is the purpose of the cap and tail added to mRNA after transcription?

a)

To help mRNA leave the nucleus and protect it from degrading

b)

To prevent translation

c)

To enable DNA replication

d)

To bind to RNA polymerase

5.

What happens during the elongation phase of translation?

a)

mRNA is produced

b)

Amino acids are joined together to form a polypeptide

c)

The ribosome reaches a stop codon

d)

Introns are removed

6.

How is tRNA involved in translation?

a)

It carries the genetic code to the ribosome

b)

It catalyzes peptide bond formation

c)

It delivers the correct amino acids to the ribosome based on the mRNA codon

d)

It assists in splicing exons and sewing the introns back together

7.

What is the consequence of a nonsense mutation?

a)

No change in the polypeptide

b)

Change in one amino acid

c)

Premature termination of the polypeptide chain

d)

Addition of a new amino acid

8.

what is the function of rRNA during translation

a)

To deliver amino acids to the ribosome

b)

To catalyze the formation of peptide bonds between amino acids

c)

To transport mRNA out of the nucleus

d)

To bind tRNA to mRNA

9.

What does mRNA stand for?

a)

Mobile RNA

b)

Messenger RNA

c)

Mitochondrial RNA

d)

Matrix RNA

10.

Which of the following is NOT a type of mutation?

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Frameshift

d)

Recombination

11.

Which of the following is a post-transcriptional modification of RNA

a)

Addition of a promoter

b)

Removal of exons

c)

Splicing of introns and exons

d)

Conversion of RNA to DNA

12.
RNA is read in sections called:
a)
Triplets
b)
Genes
c)
Codons
d)
Genes