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DNA Study Guide

1. Fill in the chart

DNA

RNA

Name of Sugar

Number of Strands

List all of the bases

What is complimentary to Adenine?

What is complimentary to Thymine?

Thymine is not in RNA

What is complimentary to Cytosine?

What is complimentary to Guanine?

What is complimentary to Uracil?

Uracil is not in DNA

2. Where is DNA located?

3. What are the three types of RNA?

4. Where is each of the three types of RNA found?

5. Put these in order from smallest to largest: Cell, nucleus, DNA, chromosome, nucleotide

6. Put these in order from genes to proteins: Protein formed, DNA code, translation, transcription

7. mRNA is produced during what process?

8. Using your codon chart, UCA is the codon for what amino acid?

9. Using your codon chart, ACG is the codon for what amino acid?

10. Using your codon chart, GUA is the codon for what amino acid?

11. Protein synthesis includes _________________________ and transcription.

12. Codons on mRNA codes for amino acids during what process?

13. Which type of RNA copies DNA during transcription?

14. What is the diagram below? Label all parts of the diagram below (Sugar (which type), phosphate, bases,

nucleotide).

15. What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?

16. If this stand of DNA (ACGCTTA) replicates, what will the new strand of DNA look like?

17. If you have 5 adenines how many thymines will you have? How do you know?

18. During DNA replication each DNA molecule has one old strand (parent DNA) and one ________ strand of DNA.

19. Define replication.

20. The following occur during protein synthesis, put them in order from first to last.

mRNA attaches to a ribosome, DNA serves as a template for mRNA synthesis, tRNA bonds to a specific codon, amino

acids are bonded together, mRNA moves from the nucleus to the cytoplasm

Dna Study Guide