Name ________________________________________
Ms. Boehm
Date ________________
My quiz is on:__________
DNA/RNA/Proteins Review
VOCABULARY:
DNA
RNA
Nucleotide
Genes
Anticodon
Deoxyribose
Ribose
Phosphate
Protein
Insertion
DNA polymerase
Nitrogen bases
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
Deletion
DNA Helicase
DNA Polymerase
RNA Polymerase
Amino Acid
Substitution
Transcription
Translation
Codons
DNA mutations
Helicase
RNA polymerase
Review questions:
1. List 3 differences between DNA and RNA in the table below:
DNA
RNA
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
2. List the 3 parts of a nucleotide below:
Nucleotide = ___________________ + ___________________ + ___________________
3. Why is it necessary for DNA to replicate? List 3 reasons below:
1.
2.
3.
4. In which phase of the cell cycle below does DNA replicate? And what 2 enzymes are required for this process
to occur?
Replicate DNA by completing the complimentary strands below
5. Original DNA strand:
G G A T T C G A C T A G
Complimentary strand: ________________________________________
6. Original DNA strand:
C T C A T A G G C A T A
Complimentary strand: ________________________________________
Use your Amino Acid Translator to practice Transcription and Translation below
- What enzyme is responsible for making DNA into RNA (or the process of transcription)?
______________________________________________________________________________
7.
DNA #1: T A C A A T C A A G C C T A C
mRNA: __________________________________________________ (transcription)
Amino Acids: __________________________________________________ (translation)
8.
DNA #2: T A C T A G C C C A G A T G C
mRNA: __________________________________________________ (transcription)
Amino Acids: __________________________________________________ (translation)
9. When a chain of amino acids is linked together, what does it form? What types of bonds link them together?
10. Where does the process of transcription occur in a cell?
11. Where does the process of translation occur in a cell?
Use the example below to answer questions 12 – 14 on mutations
12. Original DNA: T A C A C G C T A G T C A G A
mRNA: ________________________________________________ (transcription)
Amino Acids: ________________________________________________ (translation)
13. Mutated DNA: T A C A C G C T G G T C A G A
mRNA: ___________________________________________ (transcription)
Amino Acids: ___________________________________________ (translation)
14. What type of mutation occurred between the original DNA strand and the mutated DNA strands above?
15. What are the 3 different types of mutations that can occur? Explain the difference between a point mutation and
a frame shift mutation.
16. What does it mean for a mutation to be “silent”?