DNA Replication and Transcription Essay Question

What is a nucleotide?

• Lipid
• A single base, deoxyribose sugar, and a phosphate
• Carbohydrate
• All of the above

Fill in the complementary bases according to the base-pair rule in DNA: A T C C A G

• T U G G T C
• T A G G T C
• T A C G T G
• T A C C A C

Which of these bases does not exist in RNA?

• C
• T
• U
• A

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

What is occurring in this picture?

• Translation
• Replication
• Translocation
• Transcription

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

what does mRNA do?

• carry info from genes to ribosomes
• carry amino acids to ribosomes
• help with RNA splicing
• make up ribosomes

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• ribosome
• cytoplasm
• smooth ER

In transcription, A pairs with ____.

• T (thymine)
• C (cytosine)
• G (guanine)
• U (uracil)

Which RNA bases would pair with TACGAA in transcription? 

• AUGCUU
• ATGCTT
• GCATCC
• GCAUCC

In replication, C pairs with

• U

• G

• A

• T