Cells, DNA, Protein Synthesis Review

Animal cells differ from plant cells in which of the following ways?

• they lack a cell wall

• they lack a mitochondria

• they lack a cell membrane

• they lack a nucleus

Plant cells differ from animal cells in which of the following ways?

• they lack a cell wall

• they lack a cell membrane

• they have a mitochondria

• they have a large vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The part of the cell where respiration, the breakdown of glucose, takes place is called the

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• ribosome

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The part of the cell where photosynthesis takes place is called the

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• ribosome

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

DNA is contained in which of the following parts of the cell?

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• ribosome

• nucleus

DNA is made up of nucleotides. These nucleotides contain all but which of the following?

• sugar

• phosphate

• base

• uracil

The part of DNA that allows it to unzip during replication and transcription is the

• weak phosphate bonds

• weak hydrogen bonds

• strong phosphate bonds

• strong hydrogen bonds

One side of a DNA molecule goes in the 3' to 5' direction, and the other side goes in the 5' to 3' direction. This is called

• antiparallel

• antidirectional

• transcription

• translation

If one side of a DNA molecule has the code CGATAC, then the other side of the DNA would code for

• GCUAUG

• GCTATG

• GCTAAG

• GCUAAG

Unlike DNA, RNA contains

• adenine

• uracil

• thymine

• cytosine