Protein Synthesis Warm Up Nov 18

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.) 

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides

The base Guanine (G) bonds with ______________.

• Adenine (A)

• Guanine (G)

• Cytosine (C)

• Thymine (T)

What is transcription

• RNA to DNA

• DNA to RNA

• RNA to RNA

• DNA to DNA

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• ribosome
• cytoplasm
• smooth ER

In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. 

• cytosine
• adenine
• guanine
• thymine

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

• transcription
• rRNA
• replication
• translation

DNA is the template for

• amino acids

• tRNA

• mRNA

• sugars

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Choose the nucleotide sequence of the RNA strand that would be complementary to the following strand: 
GTAGTCA

• UATUAGA
• ACGACTG
• CAUCAGU
• CATCAGT

The main function of tRNA is to...

• carry a message that, when translated, forms proteins
• form a portion of ribosomes
• string together complementary RNA and DNA strands
• bring amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosomes

What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

• Phenylalanine
• Tyrosine
• Leucine
• Stop codon