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Transcription and Translation Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Translation is performed by:

a)

Ribosomes 

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Golgi Bodies

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum 

2.

Which process is shown?

a)

diffusion

b)

repiration

c)

recombination

d)

translation

3.

What is the term for making an RNA copy of DNA?

a)

Transription

b)

Translation

c)

Folding

d)

Coding

4.

Which of the follwoing best describes the significance of the TATA box in eukaryotic promoters?

a)

it is the recognition site for a specific transcription factor

b)

it sets the reading frame of the mRNA

c)

it is the recognition site for ribosomal binding

d)

it signals the end of the nucleotide sequence of the gene

5.

Which of the following events in translation is the first to occur in eukaryotes?

a)

elongation of the polypeptide

b)

base pairing of activated methionine-tRNA to AUG of the messenger RNA

c)

binding of the larger ribosomal subunit to smaller ribosomal subunits

d)

the small subunit of the ribosome recognizing and attaching to the 5'cap

6.

Translation is crucial to the process of making proteins. Which statement best describes what takes place during translation?

a)

A copy of chromosomal DNA is created 

b)

Information in mRNA is converted into a sequence of amino acids in a protein 

c)

A RNA copy of a DNA strand is made.

d)

Instructions from DNA in the nucleus are brought to the cytoplasm 

7.

Smaller segments of RNA nucleotides that transport amino acids to the ribosomes.

a)

mRNA

b)

tRNA

c)

rRNA

d)

DNA

8.

What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?

a)

Anticodon

b)

Codon

c)

Protein

9.

In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 

a)

cytosine

b)

adenine

c)

guanine

d)

thymine

10.

Transcribe the following DNA sequence:
TAT GGC ACT 

a)

TAT GGC ACT

b)

ATA CCG TGA

c)

AUA GGC UGA

d)

UAU GGC ACU

11.

The anticodon is located on 

a)

DNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

rRNA

12.

Transcription and Translation Model

13.

mRNA: GCA-UAU-GUC-GAU

Choose from the below words

Ala

Tyr

Val

Asp

Stop

Glu

14.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Happens in nucleus

Makes RNA

1st part

Happens in cytoplasm

Makes protein

2nd part

Transcription
Translation
15.

Transcription and Translation Practice

a)

A) The process of copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence

b)

B) The process of converting RNA into a sequence of amino acids

c)

C) The process of DNA replication

d)

D) The process of cell division