Download Questions # 1 DNA carries the code for making

Questions # 1
DNA carries the code for making
proteins
Question # 2
If there is one codon, there is
amino acid.
1
Question # 3
Many amino acids connected
together makes a
protein .
Question # 4
When DNA replication or
transcription, makes a mistake,
a
occurs.
Mutation
Question # 5
This is the type of mutation
where one pair of bases is
replaced with another pair.
substitution
Question # 6
What type of mutation is this?
insertion
Question #7
Instructions on how to make a
protein is given by the __
gene .
Question #8
How many bases code for one
amino acid?
3
Question #9
True or False – All mutations
that occur in your cells are bad
for you and cause a genetic
disorder?
false
Question # 10
Given the sequence:
“AUGGUACCUACGCGU”
How many amino acids are
there?
AUG
GUA CCU ACG CGU
AUGGUACCUACGCGU
5
Question # 11
What is it when the cell
gets a message that a
protein is needed and a
portion of the DNA
unwinds exposing the
gene that needs to be
copied?
transcription
Question #12
The sugar in mRNA is called:
_________
ribose
Question # 13
True or False – Once the amino
acids are made, they are
delivered to the nucleus?
false
Questions # 14
When a particular type of
protein is needed, that part
of the DNA, known as the
gene
is
copied.
Question # 15
These are as: the 3 letters on
mRNA is known
codon
Questions # 16
After the mRNA is made, it goes
to the ribosome where proteins
are made by connecting
Amino acids .
Question # 17
This is the type of mutation
where one pair of bases is
removed.
deletion
Question # 18
What type of mutation is
this?
deletion
Question # 19
Which base is NOT present in
mRNA that is present in DNA?
thymine
Question # 20
In mRNA the base thymine is
replaced with what base?
uracil
Question #21
If a protein has 900 bases in its
code, how many amino acids
will there be?
900/3 = 300
Question # 22
True or False – If a mutation
occurs in the DNA of eggs or
sperm, it can be passed on to
the next generation.
true
Question # 23
mRNA copies one gene on the
entire DNA molecule.
Question # 24
DNA stays in the nucleus, while
mRNA is produced in the
nucleus but goes to the
cytoplasm
Question # 25
mRNA is produced in the
process called:
.
transcription
Question # 26
The copy of a gene is called
mRNA
Question # 27
After the mRNA is made, it goes
to the cytoplasm then to the
ribosome
where proteins are made by
connecting amino acids
Question # 28
This is what connects 2 amino
acids together.
Peptide bond
Question # 29
This is the type of mutation
where one pair of bases is
added.
insertion
Question # 30
What type of mutation
is this?
substitution