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DNA and RNA

Quiz by Jenny McAllister

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  • Q1
    What is name of the double-stranded nucleic acid that can replicate and code for inherited traits like eye color?
    DNA
    Protein
    RNA
    30s
  • Q2
    What are the building blocks of DNA or RNA-also called bases?
    Replication
    Transcription
    Nucleotides
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the name for the pair of parallel backbones with rungs in between; looks like a spiral staircase
    Codon
    Anti-codon
    Double helix
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the nucleotide or base that matches with thymine in DNA or with uracil in RNA.
    Cytosine
    Guanine
    Adenine
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the nucleotide or base that matches with adenine in DNA.
    Cytosine
    Guanine
    Thymine
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the nucleotide or base that matches with cytosine in DNA or RNA.
    Uracil
    Guanine
    Thymine
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the nucleotide or base that matches with guanine in DNA or in RNA.
    Cytosine
    Uracil
    Adenine
    30s
  • Q8
    What is the nucleotide or base that matches with adenine in RNA.
    Guanine
    Uracil
    Cytosine
    30s
  • Q9
    What is the name of the sugar included in the backbone of RNA.
    Deoxyribose
    Glucose
    Ribose
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the name of the sugar included in the backbone of DNA.
    Glucose
    Ribose
    Deoxyribose
    30s
  • Q11
    What are the building blocks of proteins-they form long chains to build a single protein.
    Phosphates
    Nucleotides
    Amino acids
    30s
  • Q12
    What brings the amino acids to the ribosome during translation
    M-RNA
    R-RNA
    T-RNA
    30s
  • Q13
    What cellular process happens outside the nucleus? The RNA message or language is turned into a protein.
    Translation
    Transcription
    Replication
    30s
  • Q14
    What are the base pairs called that match with the M-RNA codon sequence.
    Anticodon
    Codon
    Deoxyribose
    30s
  • Q15
    What are the base pairs in groups of 3 called on the MRNA
    Codons
    Amino-acids
    Anti-codons
    30s

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