1. Have your clickers ready!
Clicker quiz!
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2. 1. A codon is: An amino acid. A type of mutation
Three mRNA bases that code for an amino acid.
The genetic code. 30

3. 2. A gene is: Another word for “codon.”
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein.
A type of protein.
Mutated DNA. 30

4. 3. Which statement about RNA is FALSE?
RNA contains uracil.
RNA exists as a single strand.
RNA contains ribose sugar.
RNA is a protein. 30

5. 4. At the start of transcription, RNA polymerase binds to:
An enzyme.
A promoter sequence.
A tRNA.
An amino acid. 30

6. 5. A segment of DNA reads TCA
5. A segment of DNA reads TCA. The mRNA sequence transcribed from this will read:
UCA
AGU
UGU
ACA 30

7. 6. An mRNA molecule carries the code to make a:
Nucleic acid
Strand of DNA
Gene
Protein 30