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DNA VS RNA (Intro to Protein Synthesis)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Deoxyribose Sugar

Ribose Sugar

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine

Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Uracil

Single Stranded

Double Stranded

In nucleus

Outside of nucleus

DNA
RNA
2.

Match the following

tRNA

carrying instructions from DNA

rRNA

carries an amino acid

mRNA

the ribsome where proteins are made

3.
DNA has a _____________ structure. 
a)
double helix
b)
single strand
c)
ring 
d)
chain
4.
Which is the mRNA molecule that would be transcribed from this DNA template:
TGGCAAGTACGT
a)
ACCGTTCATGCA
b)
UGGCAAGUACGU
c)
UCCGUUCUUGCU
d)
ACCGUUCAUGCA
5.
What is the location in the cell for transcription?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
ribosome
d)
mitochondria
6.
Which component of DNA determines the traits of an organism? 
a)
Nitrogen Bases
b)
Sugar-Phosphate Backbone
c)
Hydrogen bonds
7.
The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____
a)
transcription
b)
rRNA
c)
replication
d)
translation
8.
The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______
a)
translation
b)
transcription
c)
replication
9.
In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 
a)
cytosine
b)
adenine
c)
guanine
d)
thymine
10.

Name this structure.

a)

Base

b)

Nucleotide

c)

Sugar

d)

DNA

11.

Transcribe the DNA to RNA:

A A G - C T G - T A G

a)

A A G - C T G - T A G

b)

A A G - C T G - T A G

c)

U U C - G A C - A U C

12.

Transcribe the DNA to RNA:

G A C - C T A - A G T

a)

G A C - C T A - A G T

b)

C U G - G A U - U C A

c)

C T G - G A T- T C A

13.

Replicate the DNA:

A T C - G A G - C T G

a)

T A G - C T C - G A C

b)

A T C - G A G - C T G

c)

U A G - C U C - G A C

14.
The "central dogma" states that genetic information flows from 
a)
Protein-->mRNA-->DNA
b)
Protein-->DNA-->mRNA
c)
mRNA-->DNA-->Protein
d)
DNA-->mRNA-->Protein