DNA & RNA
Transcription
Translation
Important Structures
Mutations
100

DNA contains ____ which are the recipes to create ____

What are genes and proteins

100

This is the function of transcription

What is copying a sequence of DNA nucleotides into mRNA

100

The location where translation occurs

What is the Ribosome

100

DNA is stored here

What is the Nucleus

100

This is the name for a mutation that has no impact on an organism

What is a silent mutation

200

This is what three mRNA bases form

What is a codon

200

The mRNA sequence of AGTCAGTCA

What is UCAGUCAGU

200

This is the type of RNA that decodes the mRNA strand into a sequence of amino acids

What is tRNA (transfer RNA)

200

rRna makes up this amount of the ribosomes structure

What is 60%

200

Insertion and deletion are two types of mutations that fall under this category

What is frameshift

300

This is the order of central dogma

What is DNA --> mRNA --> Protein

          transcription   translation

300

The location's where transcription occurs

What are the nucleus (eukaryotes) and the cytoplasm (prokaryotes)

300

This is the base pair of cytosine (C)

What is Guanine (G)

300

This is the structure where RNA polymerase binds to the DNA

What is the TATA box

300

GCA being transcribed to GAA is an example of what type of mutation

What is substitution

400

The function of mRNA

What is copying the recipe to make a protein and transporting it to the ribosome

400

This is the process where enzymes cut out introns so only exons are transcribed

What is RNA splicing

400

This is the name of the complementary tRNA-3 nucleotide sequence to a codon

What is an anticodon

400

The two parts of the Ribosome

What are the large subunit and the small subunit

400

Point mutation is substitution, insertion, and deletion of ___ nucleotide(s)

What is 1 nucleotide

500

____ are the type of DNA that ARE transcribed, and ____ are the type of DNA that are NOT transcribed

What are exons and introns

500

This is the enzyme that allows transcription to happen

What is RNA polymerase

500

This is the codon that codes for the "stop" amino acid in a polypeptide chain (three acceptable answers)

What is UAA, UAG, or UGA

500

This is where the ribosome is located in Eukaryotes

What is the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

500

Having Sickle Cell Anemia in a place with Malaria is considered to be this type of mutation

What is a beneficial mutation