Chapter 15 DNA

Question 1

Type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes.

Answer 1

Ribosomal RNA

Question 2

Type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis.

Answer 2

Transfer RNA

Question 3

Synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

Answer 3

Transcription

Question 4

Enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA strand as a template.

Answer 4

RNA Polymerase

Question 5

Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

Answer 5

Polypeptide

Question 6

Collections of codon of mRNA. Each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis.

Answer 6

Genetic Code

Question 7

Group of 3 nucleotide bases in mRNA that specify a particular amino acid to be incorporated into a protein.

Answer 7

Codon

Question 8

Group of 3 bases on a tRNA molecules that are complimentary to the 3 bases of a codon mRNA

Answer 8

Anticodon

Question 9

process by which the sequence of bases of mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protein.

Answer 9

Translation

Question 10

Change in the genetic material of a cell.

Answer 10

Mutation

Question 11

Gene mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed.

Answer 11

Point Mutation

Question 12

Mutation that shifts the “reading frame” of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide

Answer 12

Frame shift Mutation