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24-25_Unit 5_RNA and Transcription Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of biomolecule are DNA and RNA?

a)

Nucleic Acids

b)

Proteins

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Lipids

2.

Which form of nucleic acid contains the nitrogen bases guanine, cystosine, adenine, and uracil?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Both DNA and RNA

3.

Which form of nucleic acid is composed of nucleotides?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Both DNA and RNA

4.

Which of the following statements are correct about RNA?

I. RNA is a single strand of nucleotides

II. RNA consists of a ribose sugar

III. RNA bases are: Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine

IV. RNA can be found both inside and outside of the nucleus

a)

Only statement (I) is true.

b)

Only statements (I) and (II) are true.

c)

Only statements (I), (II) and (IV) are true.

d)

All statements are true.

5.

Which strand of RNA below is complementary to the DNA strand TACGAA? 

a)
AUGCUU
b)
ATGCTT
c)
GCATCC
d)
GCAUCC
6.

What important cell process is represented in this diagram?

a)
Translation
b)
Replication
c)
Translocation
d)
Transcription
7.

Transcribe the following DNA sequence into RNA:


AAT TAG GGC TCG

a)

AAT TAG GGC TCG

b)

TTA ATC CCG AGC

c)

UUA AUC CCG AGC

d)

TTU UTC CCG UGC

8.

Which of the following is true about the molecules of DNA and RNA?

a)

RNA contains uracil instead of thymine

b)

RNA contains uracil instead of adenine

c)

RNA contains uracil instead of guanine

d)

RNA contains uracil instead of cytosine

9.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
a)
sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
b)
sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
c)
sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
d)
sugar, phosphate, protein
10.

Where does TRANSCRIPTION occur in EUKARYOTIC cells?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

11.

In RNA, Uracil is complementary to______. 

a)
cytosine
b)
adenine
c)
guanine
d)
thymine
12.

One difference between DNA and RNA is that....

a)

Only RNA has the base Uracil

b)

only RNA contains the base Thymine

c)

only RNA contains the base Cytocine

d)

only RNA contained the base Guanine

13.

Which of the following explains the importance of transcription in the process of protein synthesis?

a)

Transcription is crucial because it converts DNA information into mRNA, which is necessary for protein synthesis.

b)

Transcription is crucial because it directly synthesizes amino acids from the DNA.

c)

Transcription is crucial because it repairs mutations to the DNA prior to cell division.

d)

Transcription is crucial because it provides the reactants needed to make energy in the form of ATP.