Transcription and Translation AP Biology

What amino acid does the DNA strand - TAC - code for?

(hint: first you have to transcribe it into mRNA)

• Tyr

• Asn

• Ile

• Met

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What amino acid does the mRNA codon AGG code for?

• Arg

• Lys

• Ser

• Met

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

What is the correct order to make a protein?

• Protein, DNA, RNA

• RNA, DNA, Protein

• DNA, RNA, Protein

• Protein, RNA, DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What enzyme does transcription use?

• DNA polymerase

• ligase

• RNA polymerase

• helicase

The goal of transcription is to make RNA.

• True

• False

What carries the amino acids to the ribosome?

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• sRNA

What could be described as a "protein factory"?

• nucleus

• ribosome

• nucleolus

• cell membrane

6 mRNA nucleotides equals...

• 6 codons

• 2 codons

• 1 protein

• 6 amino acids

Transcription occurs before Translation

• True

• False