Ch. 10 -DNA, RNA, AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS vocab

_____ means disease-causing microorganism.

• Temperamental

• Accost

• Decimate

• Virulent

What do we call a change from one form of energy to another?

• Energy change
• Energy transformation
• Energy conversion
• Energy creation

This is what happens when something is changed within DNA.

• mutation

• bacteriophage

• DNA

• RNA

In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 

• cytosine
• adenine
• guanine
• thymine

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

• translation
• transcription
• replication

The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

• transcription
• rRNA
• replication
• translation

What process is going on in this photo? 

• Transcription 
• Translation 
• Replication 
• All the above 

Which component of DNA determines the traits of an organism? 

• Nitrogen Bases
• Sugar-Phosphate Backbone
• Hydrogen bonds

What is the location in the cell for translation?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• ribosome
• chloroplast

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

• Anticodon
• Codon
• Protein