Genetic Coding and Protein Synthesis

Which nitrogen base pairs with adenine in DNA?

• Uracil

• Cytosine

• Guanine

• Thymine

There are a total of ____ different amino acids

• 20

• 1

• 4

• unlimited

What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?

• Anticodon

• Codon

• Protein

Genetic information is passed from the nucleus to the cytoplasm through

• RNA

• DNA

• Proteins

• None of the above

All are types of RNA EXCEPT

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• pRNA

RNA contains which bases?

• adenine, guanine, uracil, cytosine

• thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil

• thymine, uracil, cytosine, guanines

• adenine, uracil, guanine, thymine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are proteins made from?

• Lipids

• Amino acids

• Nucleic acids

• Carbohydrates

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The process that is part of Protein Synthesis and occurs in the Nucleus of the cell is called

Triplets or groups of 3 nucleotides are called ___

During translation amino acids are assembled into a chain called a

• codon

• tRNA strand

• amino acid chain

• polypeptide chain