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DNA & Protein Synthesis

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24 questions
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  • Q1
    What are the units that make up DNA?
    RNA
    Amino Acids
    Nucleotides
    Chromosomes
    30s
  • Q2
    What are the three pieces of a nucleotide?
    Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine
    Phosphate, Helicase, Hydrogen Base
    Phosphate, Sugar, Nitrogen Base
    Chromosome, Centriole, Centromere
    30s
  • Q3
    In DNA, nitrogen bases are held together by:
    Strong hydrogen bonds
    Covalent bonds
    Weak hydrogen bonds
    Ionic bonds
    30s
  • Q4
    According to Chargaff's Base Pairing Rule, what pairs with Adenine in DNA?
    Adenine
    Guanine
    Uracil
    Thymine
    30s
  • Q5
    Who used x-ray diffraction to photo the double helix structure of DNA?
    Rosalind Franklin
    Maurice Wilkins
    James Watson
    Francis Crick
    30s
  • Q6
    What are the two major functions of DNA?
    Replication, Coding for Proteins
    Transcription, Translation
    Translation, Protein Synthesis
    Unzipping the double helix, Building in complementary bases
    30s
  • Q7
    What does the process of Transcription create?
    tRNA
    DNA
    mRNA
    rRNA
    30s
  • Q8
    What pairs with Guanine in RNA?
    Cytosine
    Thymine
    Uracil
    Guanine
    30s
  • Q9
    What pairs with Adenine in RNA?
    Cytosine
    Guanine
    Uracil
    Thymine
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the role of helicase in DNA Replication?
    Make the bond between amino acids
    Build the phosphate-sugar backbone
    Carry the information to the ribosome
    "Unzip" the double helix
    30s
  • Q11
    Why does RNA transcript require further processing to become mRNA?
    To remove introns
    To add nucleotides
    To remove exons
    To add introns
    30s
  • Q12
    What type of RNA might be found in the nucleus?
    mRNA
    DNA
    rRNA
    tRNA
    30s
  • Q13
    What would the mRNA sequence be if the DNA template was TAC GGG CTA?
    ATG CCC GAT
    UUG CCC GUU
    AUG CCC GAU
    TAC GGG CTA
    30s
  • Q14
    What type of RNA carries the information from the nucleus to the ribosome?
    mRNA
    tRNA
    DNA
    rRNA
    30s
  • Q15
    Where does Translation take place?
    Mitochondria
    Membrane
    Nucleus
    Ribosome
    30s

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