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DNA and Protein Synthesis Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the parts of a nucleotide?

a)

phosphate, sugar, base

b)

A, T, G, C

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

two base pairs connected

2.

Which of the following DNA strands correctly matches (is complimentary to) this strand: ATT GTA CGA

a)

TAA CAT GCT

b)

ATT GTA CGA

c)

TAA GTA TCG

d)

GCC ACG TAC

3.

The 'backbone' of the DNA strand is made of:

a)

phosphate and sugar

b)

phosphate only

c)

phosphate and base

d)

sugar and base

4.

What is this a picture of?

a)

nucleotide

b)

DNA strand

c)

chromosome

d)

gene

5.

DNA is shaped in a:

a)

double helix

b)

tightly packed swirl

c)

twisted ladder

d)

nucleotide

6.
What are the nucleotides made of?
a)
Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
b)
Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
c)
Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
d)
Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
7.

In DNA, Adenine bonds with ______________.

a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
8.

In DNA, Guanine bonds with ______________.

a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
9.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
10.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
b)
Denitrogenous acid
c)
Deribonucleic acid
d)
Diribonucleic acid
11.

How many chromosomes do human cells have?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

2

d)

44

12.

Bundled up, organized DNA is called a

a)

gene

b)

trait

c)

chromosome

d)

nucleotide

13.
Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
fatty acids
d)
polysaccharides
14.
The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______
a)
translation
b)
transcription
c)
replication
15.
The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____
a)
transcription
b)
rRNA
c)
replication
d)
translation
16.
What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?
a)
Anticodon
b)
Codon
c)
Protein
17.

Which is the mRNA molecule that would be transcribed from this DNA template:
TGG CAA GTA CGT

a)

ACC GTT CAT GCA

b)

UGG CAA GUA CGU

c)

UCC GUU CUU GCU

d)

ACC GUU CAU GCA

18.
How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATG GGA ACT CCA
a)
4
b)
2
c)
6
d)
12
19.
_______ is made during transcription and ________ is made during translation.
a)
mRNA / a protein
b)
a protein / mRNA
c)
Ribosome / Nucleus
d)
mRNA / tRNA
20.
a)

A. Base.

B. Sugar.

C. Phosphate

b)

A. Sugar.

B. Base

C. Phosphate

c)

A. Phosphate

B. Sugar.

C. Base.

d)

A. Sugar.

B. Phosphate.

C. Base

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