6C Transcription/Translation Landes

Question 1

What is transcription

Answer 1

DNA –> mRNA

Question 2

What is translation

Answer 2

mRNA –> protein

Question 3

Where does transcription occur?

Answer 3

Nucleus

Question 4

Where does translation occur?

Answer 4

cytoplasm

Question 5

What are the three types of RNA?

Answer 5

mRNA, tRNA, rRNA

Question 6

What does RNA polymerase do?

Answer 6

Transcribes DNA to mRNA; A pairs with U, C pairs with G

Question 7

What is the major difference between DNA and RNA?

Answer 7

DNA has Thymine, RNA has Uracil

Question 8

What is a codon?

Answer 8

Three nucleotides that code for one amino acid

Question 9

What is the building block of a protein?

Answer 9

amino acid

Question 10

What does tRNA do?

Answer 10

connects its anticodon to each codon and TRANSFERS amino acids to create a protein

Question 11

What does rRNA do?

Answer 11

It is the site of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm; it allows the mRNA to be read by the tRNA

Question 12

Another name for a protein is a …

Answer 12

polypeptide

Question 13

Why is mRNA necessary for protein synthesis?

Answer 13

DNA is too big to leave the nucleus, mRNA is a smaller molecule that has the code for the proteins the body needs at any given time

Question 14

What biomolecule is DNA and RNA?

Answer 14

nucleic acid

Question 15

DNA is ___________-stranded, while RNA is __________-stranded

Answer 15

double-stranded, single-stranded