1) What are the monomers of nucleic acids? Of proteins? Nucleotide, amino acid
2) What are the polymers of a nucleic acid? Of a protein? Polynucleotide, polypeptide
3) What three parts make up a nucleotide? Phosphate, sugar, base
4) Name three differences between DNA and RNA? 1) Deoxyribose, ribose as the sugar
2) T vs. U as a base 3) double vs. single stranded 4) genetics vs. trait expression
5) What is the difference between a codon and an anticodon? Codon is in mRNA,
anticodon is tRNA
6) Distinguish between transcription and translation. Transcription is when DNA makes
mRNA in the nucleus; translation is when mRNA is interpreted to make a trait by the
ribosome
7) Which part of the cell acts as the reader in the cell? ribosome
8) Which of the following is in the correct order? C) complimentary DNA  template
DNA  mRNA  tRNA  amino acid  protein (polypeptide)  trait
9) Translate the following and use the chart on pg 303 of the text to get the amino acid
names.
A) Complimentary DNA  ATACGCTATGCG
Template DNA
 TATGCGATACGC
mRNA
 AUACGCUAUGCG
tRNA
 UAUGCGAUACGC
amino acids  isoleucine-argentine-tyrosine-alanine
B) Complimentary DNA  TAGCTAATA
Template DNA
 ATCGATTAT
mRNA
 UAGCUAAUA
tRNA
 AUCGAUUAU
amino acids  stop-leucine-isoleucine
10) use your DNA model and complete the following: Answers will vary