1. DNA Review

2. Are you ready?
Yes No

3. During DNA Replication, what would pair with TATGA?
ATACT
CACTA
AUACU

4. Which of the following is the start codon?
CGA
UGC
AUG
GCA

5. The two “backbones” of the DNA molecule are:
Adenines and sugars
Phosphates and sugars
Adenines and thymines
Thymines and sugats

6. What molecule is this?
DNA
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA

7. What molecule is represented by the purple cirlce?
codon
anticodon
Amino acid
mRNA

8. What molecule is represented by the UGG at the bottom?
Amino acid
codon
anticodon
mRNA

9. A nucleotide does not contain:
A 5-carbon sugar
An amino acid
A nitrogen base
A phosphate group

10. Where does DNA replication take place?
Nucleus
Ribosomes
Cytoplasm
Histones

11. The main enzyme involved in adding new nucleotides is:
Helicase
Ribose
Ligase
DNA polymerase

12. In a human, what should the % of A be?
28.8
19.9
29.4
21.5

13. In a chicken, what should the % of Guanine be?
19.9
13.4
29.4
21.5

14. Which scientist(s) came up with the “double helix” model of DNA?
Franklin
Watson and Crick
Chargaff

15. How many different amino acids are there?1 3 20 64

16. How many rings are in a pyrimidine base?1 2 3 4

17. Which bases are purines?
Adenine and Thymine
Cytosine and Adenine
Cytosine and Thymine
Adenine and Guanine

18. Where does translation occur?
Nucleus
Ribosome
Golgi
Mitochondria

19. What is produced at the end of transcription?
mRNA
Duplicated DNA
tRNA
Protein Chain

20. Participant Scores 1600 Kirkland, Megan 1300 Curell, Blaque 1500
Alicea, Shayna
1200
Tolen, Brady
Morgan, Savannah
700
Starr, Jessica
Wurster, Timothy
Byerly, Andria
1400
Case, Riley
Bonesteel, Stephen
Schwerin, Lydia
Fisher, Jeremy
Combs, Morgan

21. Where does transcription take place?
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Golgi Bodies
Ribosomes

22. What is the name of the process represented by the diagram below?
Transcription
Translation
Replication
Protein Synthesis

23. What is the name of the process when RNA molecules work together to create proteins?
Transcription
Translation
Replication

24. Transcribe the following DNA sequence: ATGCAATTGGGAT
TACGTTAACCCTA
UACGUUAACCCUA
Met-Pro-Leu-Gly

25. Where are hydrogen bonds found?
Linking amino acids together
Holding bases together
Linking sugar and phosphate molecules together
Holding sugar molecules to bases

26. Which base is in RNA, but not DNA?
Adenine
Uracil
Thymine
Cytosine

27. Which base bonds with Cytosine?
Uracil
Thymine
Adenine
Guanine 12

28. Fastest Responders (in seconds)
0.98
Allison Miller
Timothy Patten 1
David Piontkowski
1.03
Christopher Keller
1.08
Brandy Gray

29. Which enzyme is responsible for unzipping the DNA?
DNA Polymerase
RNA Polymerase
Helicase
Ligase 12

30. Which base bond with Cytosine?
Uracil
Thymine
Adenine
Guanine 12

31. What is the sugar in DNA called?
Ribose
Deoxyribose
Glucose
Phosphate 12

32. Which amino acid codes for a DNA sequence of ACA?
STOP
Argenine
Threonine
Cysteine 12

33. Which molecule listed make up the “rungs” or steps of a DNA molecule?
Sugar
Phosphorus
Deoxribose
Nitrogen bases 12

34. Participant Scores 2200 Allison Miller Leah Combs 2100 Patrick Ricchi
Bobby Herrington
2000
Gayle Simon

35. Which comparison between RNA and DNA is FLASE?
Their backbones are composed of different sugars.
One is made of one strand and the other is made of two.
They both contain the same four bases.
DNA contains thymine and no uracil. 12

36. Which type of RNA is copied from DNA and then leaves the nucleus?
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA. 12

37. Which type of RNA make up ribosomes?
DNA
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA. 12

38. Two nucleotide strands unwind and each half serves as a template for a new chain of DNA. What is this describing?
Tranciption
Translation
Replication
Protein Synthesis 12

39. What is the end result of replication?
A single strand of DNA.
2 different strands of DNA
2 identical DNA strands
A mRNA strand 12

40. Which type of mutation would not result in a frameshift?
Point
Substitution
Insertion
Deletion 12

41. Which type of mutation is represented below?
Point
Substitution
Insertion
Deletion 12

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