Codon Amino Acids

Which of the following answer choices correctly identifies each molecule in the above diagram?

• 1 - mRNA, 2 - tRNA, 3 - ribosome

• 1 - tRNA, 2 - mRNA, 3 - ribosome

• 1 - tRNA, 2 - ribosome, 3 - mRNA

• 1 - ribosome, 2 - tRNA, 3 - mRNA

Use your CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is codded for by the codon GCA?

• serine

• alanine

• arginine

• proline

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

What amino acid is coded for by the codon CAG?

• histidine

• tyrosine

• valine

• glutamine

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Which of these codons would NOT result in the production of a protein being stopped?

• UAA

• UGA

• UAG

• UGG

Which of the following codons will code for aspartic acid?

• AAU

• GAG

• GAU

• UGG

Use the CODON CHART to answer the following question.

CCG UUG ACC GCG

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• proline - threonine - alanine - luecine

• proline - leucine - threonine - alanine

• proline - phenylalanine - tyrosine - arginine

• arginine - leucine - threoinine - alanine

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

GCG ACU AAA UUU

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• alanine - lysine - phenlalanine - alanine - threonine

• alanine - phenlalanine - threonine - lysine

• alanine - threonine - phenlalanine - lysine

• alanine - threonine - lysine - phenlalanine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

UAU ACG GCU CCA

What is the sequence of amino acids that will be translated from the mRNA above?

• tyrosine - alanine - proline - threonine

• threonine - tyrosine - alanine - proline

• tyrosine - threonine - alanine - proline

• tyrosine - proline - alanine - threonine

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

AGC UUC AUC GCG

What is the amino acid sequence from the mRNA above?

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - alanine

• serine - phenlylalanine - alanine - isoluecine

• serine- alanine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine

• serine - phenlylalanine - isoluecine - arginine

Use your codon chart to answer the following question:

AUG AGA ACG CCG

What is the amino acid sequence from the mRNA above?

• methionine - arginine - proline - threoinine

• methionine - alanine - threoinine - proline

• methionine - arginine - threoinine - proline

• methionine - proline- arginine - threoinine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1