Name: ______________________________ Period: _____ Date: ________________________
Ch 13 Pretest: RNA and Protein Synthesis
Matching: Place the letter of the word that best answers the question on the blank.
Letters may be used once, more than once or not at all
1. _______ matches amino acids to the
growing polypeptide
2. _______ process of rewriting DNA into RNA,
takes place inside the nucleus
3. _______ nitrogen base that binds with adenine
in RNA
4. _______ any error in the DNA sequence, or
gene expression
5. _______ 3-nucleotide sequence on the tRNA
that matches mRNA
6. _______ coded message copied from DNA that
leaves the nucleus
7. _______ building blocks of proteins
8. _______ five carbon sugar found in RNA
9. _______ cause of a mutation
A. amino acid
B. anticodon
C. codon
D. chromosome mutation
E. deletion
F. frameshift mutation
G. inversion
H. mRNA
I. mutagen
J. mutation
K. nondisjunction
L. peptide bond
M. point mutation
N. polypeptide
O. promoter
P. protein synthesis
Q. ribose
R. rRNA
S. RNA
T. RNA polymerase
U. substitution
V. tRNA
W. termination signal
X. transcription
Y. translation
Z. translocation
AA. uracil
10. _______ frameshift mutation where a nucleotide
has been removed
11. _______ process of making proteins out of RNA
(in general)
12. _______ forms between two amino acids to make
a protein
13. _______ chromosome mutation where segment
breaks off, flips around and reattaches
14. _______ three nitrogen bases on mRNA, acts as
a code
15. _______ process of mRNA being decoded into a protein, done by ribosomes
16. _______ chain of amino acids
17. _______ material that makes up ribosomes
18. _______ general term for any change in a DNA or RNA sequence
19. _______ enzyme responsible for copying DNA onto mRNA
20. _______ single strand of ribose + phosphate + nitrogen base
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There are three types of RNA listed below. Name each one and tell its function in
transcription/translation (protein synthesis)
21. mRNA
22. rRNA
23. tRNA
There are two steps in transcription, the first step of protein synthesis.
Draw/describe each below the number.
24.
25.
26. Where in the cell does transcription take place?
There are three steps in translation, the second step of protein synthesis.
Draw/describe each below the number.
27.
28.
29.
30. Where in the cell does translation take place?
Here is a DNA strand:
T A C G T C A T A C G C A T A
31. The matching DNA strand is:
32. The matching RNA strand is:
33. The amino acids would be:
(use ½ sheet provided)
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Here is a list of point mutations. Describe each:
34. Substitution
35. Insertion
36. Deletion
Here is a list of chromosomal mutations. Describe each:
37. Deletion
38. Duplication
39. Inversion
40. Translocation
41. Nondisjunction
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Answer Key__
Name: _
Period: _____ Date: ________________________
Ch 13 Pretest: RNA and Protein Synthesis
Matching: Place the letter of the word that best answers the question on the blank.
Letters may be used once, more than once or not at all
V___ matches amino acids to the
1. ___
growing polypeptide
A. amino acid
B. anticodon
takes place inside the nucleus
C. codon
D. chromosome mutation
in RNA
E. deletion
F. frameshift mutation
gene expression
G. inversion
H. mRNA
that matches mRNA
I. mutagen
J. mutation
leaves the nucleus
K. nondisjunction
L. peptide bond
X___ process of rewriting DNA into RNA,
2. ___
AA___ nitrogen base that binds with adenine
3. __
J___ any error in the DNA sequence, or
4. ___
B___ 3-nucleotide sequence on the tRNA
5. ___
H___ coded message copied from DNA that
6. ___
A___ building blocks of proteins
7. ___
Q___ five carbon sugar found in RNA
8. ___
I
9. ___ ___ cause of a mutation
E___ frameshift mutation where a nucleotide
10. ___
has been removed
P___ process of making proteins out of RNA
11. ___
M. point mutation
N. polypeptide
O. promoter
P. protein synthesis
Q. ribose
R. rRNA
S. RNA
T. RNA polymerase
(in general)
U. substitution
V. tRNA
a protein
W. termination signal
X. transcription
breaks off, flips around and reattaches
Y. translation
Z. translocation
L___ forms between two amino acids to make
12. ___
G___ chromosome mutation where segment
13. ___
C___ three nitrogen bases on mRNA, acts as
14. ___
AA. uracil
a code
Y___ process of mRNA being decoded into a protein, done by ribosomes
15. ___
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N___ chain of amino acids
16. ___
R___ material that makes up ribosomes
17. ___
M___ general term for any change in a DNA or RNA sequence
18. ___
T___ enzyme responsible for copying DNA onto mRNA
19. ___
S___ single strand of ribose + phosphate + nitrogen base
20. ___
There are three types of RNA listed below. Name each one and tell its function in
transcription/translation (protein synthesis)
(transcription & translation) takes info
from DNA out of nucleus to be decoded
21. mRNA
(translation) makes up ribosome that
decode mRNA using tRNA to make proteins
22. rRNA
(translation) brings amino acids to the
ribosome, anticodon matches with codon on
mRNA, peptide bond forms
23. tRNA
There are two steps in transcription, the first step of protein synthesis.
Draw/describe each below the number.
24.
25.
DNA opens up
(RNA polymerase)
mRNA matches one
side of DNA
26. Where in the cell does transcription take place?
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nucleus
There are three steps in translation, the second step of protein synthesis.
Draw/describe each below the number.
27.
28.
29.
Ribosome
codon matches
attaches
anticodon
to mRNA
peptide bond
forms
30. Where in the cell does translation take place?
Cytoplasm using ribosomes (could also say ER)
Here is a DNA strand:
T A C G T C A T A C G C A T A
31. The matching DNA strand is:
A T G C A G T A T G C G T A T
32. The matching RNA strand is:
A U G C A G U A U G C G U A U
33. The amino acids would be:
(use ½ sheet provided)
met - glu - tyr - ala - tyr
Here is a list of point mutations. Describe each:
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one letter
put in in place of
another
34. Substitution:
new letter put
in, (new letter added)
35. Insertion:
36. Deletion:
one letter left
out
Here is a list of chromosomal mutations. Describe each:
37. Deletion:
one or more genes left
out
extra copies of one or
more genes
38. Duplication:
put in backwards, or
order switched
39. Inversion: gene
one or more genes
moved for one chromosome to
another
40. Translocation:
homologs don’t separate correctly
during anaphase I
41. Nondisjunction:
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