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Molecular Biology of Genes

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

STRUCTURE: One difference between RNA and DNA is -

a)

RNA has thymine where DNA has ademine

b)

DNA is single stranded where RNA is double stranded

c)

DNA is made in the nucleus where RNA is made in the ribosomes

d)

RNA is single stranded where DNA is double stranded

2.

STRUCTURE: What Nitrogenous Base does RNA contain that DNA does not?

a)

Thymine

b)

Uracil

c)

Adenine

d)

Love

3.

STRUCTURE: Which 2 molecules form the sides of the DNA ladder?

a)

deoxyribose and adenine

b)

deoxyribose and a hydrogen bond

c)

sugar and the nucleus

d)

deoxyribose (sugar) and phosphate

4.

STRUCTURE: In the DNA double helix, the bases (AtoT and CtoG) are held together by:

a)

polar bonds

b)

ionic bonds

c)

covalent bonds

d)

hydrogen bonds

5.

GENERAL: DNA is found in the:

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

6.

HISTORY: Rosalind Franklin used x-ray crystallography to determine that the shape of the DNA molecule is:

a)

a cloverleaf

b)

a braided rope

c)

a pleated sheet

d)

a twisted ladder

7.

STRUCTURE: Nucleotides monomers are made up of a sugar, a phosphate, and a:

a)

nitrogenous base

b)

nucleic acid

c)

cholesterol

d)

fatty acid

8.

STRUCTURE: The five-carbon sugar found in DNA.

a)

ribose

b)

guanine

c)

deoxyribose

d)

helicase

9.

GENERAL: What kind of organic molecule is DNA?

a)

Protein

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Lipid

d)

Carbohydrate

10.

GENERAL: A nucleic acid that is composed of a phosphate, ribose sugar, and one of four nitrogen bases.

a)

STP

b)

ATP

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

11.

PROCESSES: DNA making RNA is called:

a)

Translation

b)

Transcription

c)

Transference

d)

Translocation

12.

PROCESSES: RNA making a protein is called:

a)

Transmutation

b)

Transferrance

c)

Transcription

d)

Translation

13.

TRANSLATION: Smaller segments of clover leaf shaped RNA that transport amino acids:

a)

Messenger RNA

b)

Transfer RNA

c)

Ribosomal RNA

d)

Okazaki Fragments

14.

TRANSLATION:

This is

a)

tRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

DNA

d)

a ribosome

15.

TRANSCRIPTION: What is the mRNA complementary mRNA base sequence for: CAGTTCCAG

a)

GUCAAGGUC

b)

GTGAAGGTC

16.

TRANSCRIPTION:

Transcription occurs in the:

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosomes

d)

kitchen

17.

TRANSLATION:

Translation occurs in the:

a)

office

b)

cytoplasm

c)

nucleus

d)

cell membrane

18.

HISTORY: Built the first correct model of DNA

a)

Watson and Crick

b)

Linnus Pauling

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Hershey and Chase

19.

HISTORY: Discovered Bacterial Transformation

a)

Fredrick Griffeth

b)

Erwin Chargaff

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Martha Chase

20.

HISTORY: Discovered that A and T bond together and C and G bond together...

a)

Watson and Crick

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Fredrick Griffeth

d)

Erwin Chargaff

21.

HISTORY: Performed an experiment with Bacteriophage viruses that proved DNA was the genetic material

a)

Maurice Wilkens and Rosalind Franklin

b)

James Watson and Francis Crick

c)

Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

d)

Peanut butter and Jelly

22.

HISTORY: Two time Nobel Prize winner who suggested a structure for DNA - but got it completely wrong...

a)

James Watson

b)

Francis Crick

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Linnus Pauling

23.

HISTORY: Took the X-Ray crystallography photographs that revealed that DNA is a Double Helix

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Linnus Pauling

c)

Fredrick Griffeth

d)

Martha Chase

24.

REPLICATION:

DNA replication is when:

a)

DNA makes DNA

b)

DNA makes RNA

c)

RNA makes Protein

d)

DNA makes Protein

25.

REPLICATION:

DNA Replication is:

a)

Is Semi-conservative

b)

Is a double helix

c)

Has no hydrogen Bonds

d)

Makes a protein