Biology Transcription and Translation

What are the three steps of transcription?

• Initiation, elongation, and termination

• Splicing, editing, and polyadenylation

• Transcription, processing, translation

During which step of transcription is the mRNA made?

• Initiation

• Elongation

• Termination

What happens in polyadenylation?

• Parts of mRNA are removed

• Nucleotides are changed

• A tail is added to the end of a mRNA molecule

What is the chain of amino acids called?

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What does RNA stand for?

What would be the anticodon for a codon of A-C-G?

What are the three differences between DNA and RNA?

Explain the translation process.

Each 3 letter unit is called a

• codon

• amino acid

• RNA

• DNA

Happens at the ribosome in the cytoplasm

• transcription

• translation

• both

• neither

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