DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100

A DNA template strand is TAC–GGA–CTT. Analyze the sequence by transcribing it into mRNA and determining the amino acids that will be produced.

AUG–CCU–GAA → Met–Pro–Glu

100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T T C G C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200

A cell successfully produces mRNA in the nucleus, but the mRNA cannot leave the nucleus. Predict what will happen to protein production and explain why.

The protein will not be produced because the mRNA cannot reach the ribosome for translation.

200
The bonds that link amino acids together.
What are peptide bonds?
300
Two things that happen in the nucleus involving DNA
What are DNA Replication and Transcription?
300
The full names for the three different types of RNA
What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?
300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

A student says, “mRNA and tRNA have the same job because they are both forms of RNA.” Evaluate the student's statement using their roles during protein synthesis.

Incorrect. mRNA carries the genetic instructions to the ribosome, while tRNA carries amino acids and uses its anticodon to match mRNA codons.

300
These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis.
What are enzymes?
400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400

A strand of mRNA contains AUG–GCU–AAA–UGA. Use a codon chart to determine the amino acid sequence and explain why translation ends after the final codon.

Met–Ala–Lys–STOP. UGA is a stop codon, which signals the end of translation.

400
A disease that results in a change in the shape of hemoglobin in red blood cells due to a point mutation.
What is sickle cell anemia?
500
The reason why DNA replication happens.
What is to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division?
500
Two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? What is RNA has RIbose and DNA has Deoxyribose? What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500

A protein contains the amino acids Met–Leu–Gly. Using a codon chart, determine one possible mRNA sequence that could produce this protein. Explain why another student could create a different correct mRNA sequence.

Answers vary. Example: AUG–CUA–GGU. Multiple codons can code for the same amino acid.

500
The name for long chains of amino acids that form during protein synthesis.
What are polypeptides?
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