DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis Review

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribose Acid

• Deoxyribonuclear Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Deoxyribonucleus Acid

Where is DNA located?

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Outside the cell

• mRNA

What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide? Sugar, Phosphate, and ???

• Hydrogenous Base

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogenous Base
• Nitrogen

What are the complementary base pairing rules for DNA?

• A = T and G = C

• A = U and G = C

• A = G and C = T

• U = T and G = C

What are the complementary base pairing rules for RNA?

• G = C and T = A

• G = C and U = T

• G = C and U = A

• T = U and A = G

When does DNA replication happen?

• Whenever it wants

• In the S phase of interphase (right before mitosis)

• Meiosis

• When a protein needs to be made

Where does DNA replication happen?

• At the ribosome

• In the nucleus

• Cell Membrane

• Rough ER

Which enzyme "unzips" DNA during replication?

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• Ligase

• RNA Polymerase

What happens during DNA replication?

• Two exact copies of DNA are made

• Similar DNA is made

• mRNA makes a copy of DNA

• Proteins are created

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which enzyme connects pieces of the new DNA to the old DNA?

• Helicase

• RNA Polymerase

• DNA Polymerase

• Ligase