Unit 5: RNA, Protein Synthesis, Mutations & Biotech

Which of the following is FALSE about DNA?

• It is double stranded

• It contains uracil instead of thymine

• It contains the sugar deoxyribose

• It stores all of our genetic information

Which type of RNA is a copy of DNA?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• sRNA

Which of the following type of RNA is also known as the ribosome?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

Which of the following types of RNA delivers amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

What are the base pairing rules for RNA?

• A-U

  C-G

• A-T

  C-G

• A-C

  T-G

• A-G

  C-U

The central dogma of biology is...

• DNA--> RNA --> PROTEIN

• RNA--> DNA --> PROTEIN

• PROTEIN-> DNA->

  RNA

• DNA-> PROTEIN-> RNA

What happens during transcription?

• tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome

• ribosome reads the mRNA

• mRNA binds to a ribosome

• mRNA is made from DNA

Where does transcription occur?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

• mitochondria

A set of 3 nucleotides in mRNA is called a(n)

• codon

• anticodon

• amino acid

Which type of RNA do you use in the Codon chart?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA