Transcription and Translation

Question 1

What bases does RNA use?

Answer 1

Guanine, cytosine, adenine and uracil

Question 2

Is RNA shorter or longer than DNA?

Answer 2

Shorter

Question 3

What is the purpose of a gene??

Answer 3

its a segment of DNA that codes for a protein

Question 4

Where does the transcription of DNA to RNA happen?

Answer 4

In the nucleus

Question 5

Where does the translation of mRNA happen?

Answer 5

cytoplasm (at the ribosome)

Question 6

what does the ‘m’ in mRNA represent?

Answer 6

messenger - representing the fact that RNA carries DNA information to the cytoplasm to make proteins

Question 7

In translation (RNA to protein) what loose bases attach to the RNA strand?

Answer 7

Anti-codons
OR also known as:
pieces of tRNA - loose threesomes of bases that have been recycled from broken down strands of RNA

Question 8

What is attached to the tRNA that is vital for the final steps in creating protein?

Answer 8

Amino acids - there are about 20 different amino acids that could be attracted to the RNA threesomes

Question 9

What organelle does the mRNA pass through to get attached to the matching tRNA/amino acids?

Answer 9

Ribosomes, in the cytoplasm

Question 10

Every three nucleotides (anti-codons) have how many amino acids?

Answer 10

One aa

so for example, there could be 36 bases in the RNA, meaning there would be a chain of 12 amino acids

Question 11

What does the ‘t’ in tRNA represent??

Answer 11

transfer, as it transfers the carried amino acid to the growing amino protein chain