DNA Vs RNA And Protein Synthesis Updated Answer Key

I am single stranded

Answer: RNA

I am found only in the nucleus of eukaryote cells (exception during mitosis when nucleus is temporarily disassembled.)

Answer: DNA

I am a nucleic acid

Answer: both DNA and RNA

I am arranged as a double helix or “twisted ladder.”

Answer: DNA

I have the sugar ribose

Answer: RNA

I have the sugar deoxyribose

Answer: DNA

I include the bases Guanine, Cytosine and Adenine

Answer: both DNA and RNA

In eukaryote cells, I travel out of the nucleus to a ribosome

Answer: RNA

I have the base Thymine

Answer: DNA

I have the base Uracil

Answer: RNA

Type:

Answer: tRNA

Type:

Answer: rRNA

Stands for:

Answer: messenger RNA

Stands for:

Answer: ribosomal RNA

1) I am a nucleic acid.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: Both

2) I am usually single-stranded

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: RNA

3) I am generally found both inside and outside of the nucleus [in eukaryotic cells].

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: DNA

4) I am arranged as a double helix, and my shape is often described as a “twisted ladder.”

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: DNA

5) I include bases guanine, cytosine, and adenine.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: Both

6) I include the base uracil.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: RNA

7) I include the base thymine.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: DNA

8) I generally remain in the nucleus [in eukaryotic cells].

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: DNA

9) I have the sugar deoxyribose.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: DNA

10) I am made up of nucleotides.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: Both

11) I have the sugar ribose.

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: Both

12) What does mRNA stand for?

Transfer RNA
Ribosomal RNA
Messenger RNA

Answer: Messenger RNA

13) What does tRNA stand for?

Transfer RNA
Ribosomal RNA
Messenger RNA

Answer: Transfer RNA

14) What does rRNA stand for?

Deoxyribose RNA
Ribosomal RNA
Messenger RNA

Answer: Ribosomal RNA

15) I am generally found both inside and outside of the nucleus

DNA
RNA
Both

Answer: RNA

16) Transcription takes place here (in a eukaryotic cell)

Mitochondria
Vacuole
Nucleus

Answer: Nucleus

17) Is DNA directly involved in the process of transcription?

yes
No

Answer: yes

18) Where does translation take place?

Vacuole
Mitochondria
Ribosomes

Answer: Ribosomes

19) Which type(s) of RNA are involved in translation?

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
all RNA listed

Answer: all RNA listed

20) Which process is shown?

mitosis
transcription
Translation

Answer:Translation

21) What is occurring in this picture?

DNA Replication
Mitosis
Transcription

Answer: Transcription

22) Which of these bases does not exist in RNA?

Answer: T

23) What does tRNA do?

make up ribosomes
help with RNA splicing
carry amino acids to ribosomes

Answer: carry amino acids to ribosomes

24) Which type of RNA contains the codons and is translated into proteins?

rRNA
tRNA
mRNA

Answer: mRNA

25) What does rRNA do?

carry amino acids to ribosomes
help with RNA splicing
make up ribosomes
carry info from genes to ribosomes

Answer: make up ribosomes

26) What image is this?

transcription
Translation

Answer: transcription

27) what image is this?

translation
Transcription

Answer: translation

28) Adenine bonds with ______________.

Adenine
Cytosine
Thymine

Answer: Thymine

29) Guanine bonds with ______________.

Thymine
Cytosine
Adenine

Answer: Cytosine

30) What are the 4 nitrogen bases? (DNA)

adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine

Answer: adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine