DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis Practice

A DNA strand has the sequence ATCGGC. Which is the complementary strand of DNA?

• UAGCCG

• GCTAAT

• TAGCCG

• UGTCCT

A strand of DNA contains the bases adenine, cytosine, cytosine, and guanine, in that order. Which would be the order of the bases on the opposite strand of DNA?

• cytosine, adenine, adenine, and thymine

• cytosine, thymine, thymine, and adenine

• thymine, guanine, guanine, and cytosine

• thymine, adenine, adenine, and cytosine

Which best describes a codon?

• a cell structure that gives the master instructions for an organism

• a segment of DNA that is the basis of heredity in organisms

• the sequence of three bases that codes for a specific amino acid

• the basic unit of structure and function of all living things

This is a process that happens in living cells. Name the process and the location that it occurs within the cell.

• transcription, ribosome in the cytoplasm

• translation, ribosome in the cytoplasm

• translation, nucleus

• transcription, nucleus

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What process is going on in this photo? 

• Transcription 

• Translation 

• Replication 

• All the above 

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What process is happening in the diagram?

• transcription

• translation

• dna replication

• mitosis

How many amino acids would the DNA strand TACGACTTGGAT code for?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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A DNA nucleotide may be made up of a phosphate group, along with

• deoxyribose sugar and uracil

• ribose sugar and cytosine

• deoxyribose sugar and thymine

• ribose sugar and adenine

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

• the color of the nitrogen bases

• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

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What is the correct term to go in box A?

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