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Activities Quiz
 

Activities Quiz


1 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. What name is given to the process in which a strand of DNA is used as a template for the manufacture of a strand of pre-mRNA? (Activity: Overview of Protein Synthesis)

 

 RNA processing
 gene expression
 polypeptide formation
 transcription
 translation
2 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. What name is given to the process in which the information encoded in a strand of mRNA is used to construct a protein? (Activity: Overview of Protein Synthesis)

 

 RNA processing
 gene expression
 polypeptide formation
 transcription
 translation
3 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. _____ is the process in which pre-mRNA is edited into mRNA. (Activity: Overview of Protein Synthesis)

 

 RNA processing
 Gene expression
 Polypeptide formation
 Transcription
 Translation
4 .       Polypeptides are assembled from _____. (Activity: Overview of Protein Synthesis) 

 hexoses
 glycerol
 nucleotides
 proteins
 amino acids
5 .       RNA processing converts the RNA transcript into _____. (Activity: Overview of Protein Synthesis) 

 a protein
 DNA
 a eukaryotic cell
 mRNA
 a polypeptide
6 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. The gray unit in this animation represents _____. (Activity: Transcription)

 

 RNA
 DNA
 transcription factors
 RNA polymerase
 the promoter
7 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. The green unit in this animation represents _____. (Activity: Transcription)

 

 RNA
 DNA
 transcription factors
 RNA polymerase
 the promoter
8 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. The two blue strands in this animation represents _____. (Activity: Transcription)

[Hint]

 RNA
 DNA
 transcription factors
 RNA polymerase
 the promoter
9 .       Which of these correctly illustrates the pairing of DNA and RNA nucleotides? (Activity: Transcription) 

 
GTTACG
CAATCG
 
GTTACG
CAAUGC
 
GTTACG
GTTACG
 
GTTACG
ACCGTA
 
GTTACG
UAACAU
10 .       The direction of synthesis of an RNA transcript is _____. (Activity: Transcription) 

 1' —> 5'
 5' —> 3'
 1' —> 3'
 3' —> 5'
 2' —> 4'
11 .       During RNA processing a(n) _____ is added to the 5' end of the RNA. (Activity: RNA Processing) 

 3' untranslated region
 a long string of adenine nucleotides
 5' untranslated region
 coding segment
 modified guanine nucleotide
12 .       During RNA processing a(n) _____ is added to the 3' end of the RNA. (Activity: RNA Processing) 

 3' untranslated region
 a long string of adenine nucleotides
 5' untranslated region
 coding segment
 modified guanine nucleotide
13 .       Spliceosomes are composed of _____. (Activity: RNA Processing) 

 snRNPs and other proteins
 polymerases and ligases
 introns and exons
 the RNA transcript and protein
 snRNPs and snurps
14 .       The RNA segments joined to one another by spliceosomes are _____. (Activity: RNA Processing) 

 caps
 exons
 snRNPs
 tails
 introns
15 .       Translation occurs in the _____. (Activity: RNA Processing) 

 cytoplasm
 lysosome
 nucleus
 mitochondrion
 nucleoplasm
16 .       Which of these is a tRNA? (Activity: Translation)

question #16 

 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
17 .       What enzyme catalyzes the attachment of an amino acid to tRNA? (Activity: Translation) 

 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
 rubisco
 dextrinase
 argininosuccinate lyase
 nuclease
18 .       The tRNA anticodon, GAC, is complementary to the mRNA codon with the sequence _____. (Activity: Translation) 

 CAG
 CTG
 GAC
 CUG
 TCG
19 .       Click on the diagram to start the animation. What name is given to this process? (Activity: Translation)

 

 initiation (of transcription)
 RNA processing
 initiation (of translation)
 elongation
 termination (of translation)
20 .       The initiator tRNA attaches at the ribosome's _____ site. (Activity: Translation) 

 A
 translocation
 E
 P
 Q





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