Protein Synthesis

Question 1

In RNA what are the nitrogen base pairs?

Answer 1

A=U C=G

Question 2

What are the three types of RNA?

Answer 2

mRNA (messenger RNA), tRNA (transfer RNA), rRNA (ribosomal RNA)

Question 3

What makes the amino acids different from each other?

Answer 3

The sequence of the R-group

Question 4

How many amino acids are used to build our proteins?

Answer 4

20

Question 5

What is the Anticodon

Answer 5

tRNA

Question 6

What is a Codon

Answer 6

the code for a amino acid

Question 7

What is the start codon

Answer 7

AUG

Question 8

What are the three stop codons

Answer 8

UGG, UAG, UAA

Question 9

Where is mRNA found?

Answer 9

Nucleus

Question 10

Where is tRNA found?

Answer 10

Cytoplasm

Question 11

Where is rRNA found?

Answer 11

Ribosome

Question 12

What is the process where DNA becomes RNA?

Answer 12

Transcription

Question 13

What is the process where RNA becomes a protein?

Answer 13

Translation

Question 14

How does an insertion in the polypeptide chain affect the length?

Answer 14

It becomes longer

Question 15

How does a deletion in the polypeptide chain affect the length?

Answer 15

It becomes shorter

Question 16

How many strands does RNA have?

Answer 16

one strand

Question 17

How do proteins look?

Answer 17

A ball of yarn

Question 18

What does tRNA look like?

Answer 18

A key