Translation Practice

Use your CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is coded for by the DNA codon CGT?

• serine

• alanine

• arginine

• proline

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is coded for by the DNA codon GTC?

• histidine

• tyrosine

• valine

• glutamine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

Which of these codons would NOT result in the production of a protein being stopped?

• UAA

• UGA

• UAG

• UGG

Which of the following codons will code for aspartic acid?

• AAU

• GAG

• GAU

• UGG

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

CCG UUG ACC GCG

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• proline - threonine - alanine - luecine

• proline - leucine - threonine - alanine

• proline - phenylalanine - tyrosine - arginine

• arginine - leucine - threoinine - alanine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

AGC UUC AUC GCG

What is the amino acid sequence from the mRNA above?

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - alanine

• serine - phenlylalanine - alanine - isoluecine

• serine- alanine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - arginine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATG GGA ACT CCA

• 4
• 2
• 6
• 12

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

• phe - Phenylalanine

• tyr - Tyrosine

• leu - Leucine

• Stop codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What codon or codons would produce the amino acid serine?

• UCU

• AGC

• AGU

• AGG

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Translation is the process of

• using DNA to create mRNA

• using mRNA to determine the amino acids that will be used to create a protein

• copying DNA

• the separation of the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell