RNA: Part 2

What forms the genetic code?

• Sequence of RNA bases

• Sequence of DNA bases

• Sequence of deoxyribose

• Sequence of ribose

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What is the genetic code?

• Collection of lipids that directs protein synthesis

• Collection of codons that directs protein synthesis

• Collection of codons that directs protein destruction

• Collection of codons that directs carbohydrate synthesis

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It takes _____ base(s) to code for 1 codon.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What are codons?

• A group of 3 mRNA bases that specifies a specific amino acid to be inserted to make a protein

• A group of 2 mRNA bases that specifies a specific amino acid to be inserted to make a protein

• A group of 3 mRNA bases that specifies a specific nucleotides to be inserted to make a nucleic acid

• A group of 3 mRNA bases that specifies a specific monosaccharide to be inserted to make a carbohydrate

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What are polypeptides?

• Long chains of amino acids

• Building blocks of proteins

• Building blocks of nucleic acids

• Long chains of nucleic acids

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What are amino acids?

• Long chains of amino acids

• Building blocks of proteins

• Building blocks of nucleic acids

• Long chains of nucleic acids

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How are proteins determined?

• By which amino acids are in the polypeptide

• The order in which amino acids are joined together

• By the color of the amino acids

• By the carbohydrates that are surrounding them

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There is only 1 codon for each amino acid

• True

• False

What is the process in which a sequence of RNA bases is converted into a sequence of amino acids?

• Transcription

• Translation

• Transformation

• Telomerization

What is the codon for methionine (the start codon)?

• AUG

• ACG

• AAG

• AGG