DNA Quiz

  In humans, where does DNA replication take place?

• Vacuole

• Nucleus  

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm 

RNA from a bear is compared to RNA from a sunflower. Both will contain the

• sugar ribose and the base uracil

• sugar ribose and the base thymine

• sugar deoxyribose and the base thymine

• sugar deoxyribose and the base uracil

   In nucleotides, the letters A, G, C, and T represent

• ribose sugars

• deoxyribose sugars

• nitrogen bases

• phosphate groups

RNA uses which type of sugar?

• Deoxyribose

• Lactose

• Ribose

• Honey

In DNA replication, the nitrogen base Adenine always pairs with which other nitrogen base?

• Uracil

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Adenine

Which macromolecule is produced as a result of translation?

• Carbohydrate

• Nucleic Acid

• Protein

• Lipid

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How many amino acids are coded for by the strand of mRNA shown here?  Assume the reading frame begins with the first nucleotide.        

                

  A  U  G  U  A  C

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The sequence of ________________ in a DNA molecule determines the protein that will be produced.

• lipids    

• nucleotides   

• proteins           

• sugars

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During _____________, the cell uses information from messenger RNA to make polypeptides.

 

 

• replication

• translation

• transcription  

• meiosis

During protein synthesis, what does mRNA do?

• It delivers DNA’s instructions for making proteins to the ribosome.

• It constructs proteins out of amino acids.

• It strings together two complementary RNA strands.

• It delivers amino acids to assemble the polypeptide.