DNA / RNA - Review

What are the building blocks of DNA?

• ribosomes

• amino acids

• nucleotides

• nucleic acids

Which is NOT a part of a nucleotide?

• ribosome

• nitrogen base

• phosphate

• deoxyribose

What does cytosine pair with in DNA?

• adenine

• uracil

• thymine

• guanine

Where does the nitrogen base attach on the backbone?

• sugar

• phosphate

• hydrogen bond

• nucleotide

What holds the nitrogen bases together?

• covalent bonds

• peptide bonds

• nitrogen bonds

• hydrogen bonds

What is the complementary strand to this DNA?

AAT CAG GTA CCG AAC

• TTA CAG CAT GGC TTG

• TTA GTC CAT GGC TTG

• UUA GUC CAU GGC UUG

• TTA GUC CAT CCG TTG

What does adenine pair with in RNA?

• thymine

• cytosine

• guanine

• uracil

What is the function of mRNA?

• carry DNA's instructions to the ribosome

• transport amino acids to ribosome

• unknown

• make a message of DNA

Which process is shown here?

• replication

• transcription

• translation

• protein synthesis

Where in the cell does transcription take place?

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• ribosome

• cytoskeleton