DNA Genetics

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Charles Martinez
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36 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The nucleic acid that carries the code for making proteins from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is called ___________________________________.
DNA
mRNA
rRNA
codon
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The nucleic acid that contains an organism's genetic material is called _________________________.
DNA
mRNA
RNA
codon
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A molecule made up of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group is a(n) _____________________________.
deoxyribose
ribonucleic
codon
nucleotide
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A genetic ______________________ can result from a defect or mutation in an individual's genes.
transcription
translation
disorder
replication
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of making a copy of DNA to make another DNA molecule is called ________________________.
replication
transcripton
translation
None of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of making a protein from RNA is called_____________________________.
replication
duplication
translation
transcription
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Transcription is the process of making
chemicals that link chains of amino acide
DNA without the use of nitrogen bases
mRNA from DNA
mutations
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