Download CH 11 Study Guide: DNA, RNA, and Proteins

CH 11 Study Guide: DNA, RNA, and Proteins
1. What are the complementary base pairs in DNA? Write the 1 letter symbol & spell
them out.
2. What are the complementary base pairs in RNA? Write the 1 letter symbol & spell
them out.
3. Use a chart to compare and contrast RNA and DNA by their strands, sugars, and
bases.
4. List the three types of RNA and explain the function of each.
5. Name the two scientists that discovered the structure of DNA.
6. IF a sequence of a DNA strand is AAC TAG GGT, what is the corresponding
sequence in a strand of mRNA? What tRNA sequence would pair up to this mRNA?
7. What is DNA replication?
8. What does the enzyme DNA helicase do during DNA replication?
9. What are the 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide?
10. What process forms messenger RNA? What process forms proteins?
11. What does structure III in the picture
represent?
12. What process is illustrated in the figure?
13. A DNA segment is changed fromAATTAG- to- AAATAG. What kind of
mutation is this?
14. What four things can cause a mutation?
15. Where does translation and transcription
take place in the cell?
16. What is the start codon? What amino acid does it code for?
17. Which type of RNA is the anticodon? Which type is the codon?
***Know the protein synthesis drawing on p. 14 of your notebook***