DNA Jeopardy!

What are the basic units of DNA and RNA?

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What 3 components make up a nucleotide of RNA?

A) sugar, phosphate, sulfur

B) Ribose, phosphate, nitrogen base

C) Deoxyribose, phosphate, nitrogen base

D) Ribose, sulfur, nitrogen base

Which base is NOT found in RNA?

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Where does Transcription occur?

A) Cytoplasm

B) Ribosome

C) Nucleus

D) Mitochondria

Which is the correct order?

A) DNAProteinRNA

B) ProteinRNADNA

C) DNARNAProtein

D) RNADNAProtein

Which is found on the mRNA?

A) Anticodon

B) Amino Acid

C) Codon

D) None of the above

Which of the following has been “translated”?

A) AUCGACUC

B) Met-Thr-Asp-Leu

C) ATCGTAC

D) AUG-CCA-UCA

What type of bond links two amino acids together?

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Which of the following is a start codon?

A) TAC

B) AUG

C) Methionine

D) Leucine

Which type of RNA is found in the nucleus?

A) mRNA

B) rRNA

C) tRNA

D) Both A and B

What molecule is produced during translation?

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What type of mutation only effects one single amino acid?

A) Insertion

B) Deletion

C) Missense Substitution Mutation

D) Frameshift mutation

Which scientists were responsible for creating a model of DNA?

A) Watson and Crcik

B) Rosalind Franklin

C) Erwin Chargaff

D) Lynn Margulis

Which of the following would be the DNA sequence that made the

mRNA sequence CUCAAGUGCUUC

A) CUCAAGUGCUUC

B) GAGUUCACGAAG

C) GAGTTCACGAAG

D) AGACCTGTAGGA

Which of the following is NOT a type of RNA?

A) Transfer RNA

B) Ribosomal RNA

C) Carrier RNA

D) Messenger RNA

What is produced during transcription?

A) DNA

B) mRNA

C) tRNA

D) Proteins

How many hydrogen bonds hold together the bases Adenine and

Thymine?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

The anticodons for the mRNA sequence CUCAAGUGUUC are…

A) GAG-UUC-ACG-AAG

B) GAG-TTC-ACG-AAG

C) CUC-GAA-CGU-CUU

D) CUU-CGU-GAA-CUC

Which scientist said that A pairs with T and C pairs with G?

A) Franklin

B) Chargaff

C) Watson

D) Crick