What is the difference between RNA and DNA?

All of the answers are correct.

What is the function of mRNA?

Provide instructions for what order to put amino acids in.

What is the function of tRNA?

To bring amino acids to the ribosome.

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Biology DNA & RNA

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1
Where does transcription take place?
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Ribosome
2
What do amino acid chains build into?
proteins
nucleic acids
DNA
carbohydrates
3
How many nucleic acids are found in a codon?
1
4
3
2
4
Who is credited with the base pairing rules?
Watson
Franklin
Griffith
Chargoff
5
What base pairs with Glycine?
Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
6
What scientist did the famous mouse experiment?
Watson
Franklin
Watson & Crick
Griffith
7
Which scientists took the x-ray pictures that lead to understanding that DNA was a helix?
Hershey & Chase
Watson & Crick
Franklin & Wilkin
Griffith & Chargraff
8
What is the difference between RNA and DNA?
RNA has ribose instead of deoxyribose.
RNA has uracil instead of thymine.
All of the answers are correct.
RNA is single stranded, DNA is double.
9
Where would you find a codon?
mRNA
rRNA
tRNA
DNA
10
Who discovered the double helix structure of DNA?
Watson & Crick
Franklin
Avery
Griffith
11
What is this a picture of?
Amino Acid
RNA
Chromosome
DNA
12
What is this a picture of?
sugars
purines
genes
pyrimidines
13
What is the function of mRNA?
Make the ribosome.
Provide instructions for what order to put amino acids in.
Bring amino acids to the ribosome.
Store genetic information.
14
Where would you find an anticodon?
DNA
tRNA
rRNA
mRNA
15
What is the first step in replication?
Bond the nitrogen bases together.
Unzip the nitrogen bases.
Add nucleotides.
Add a primer.
16
What is this a picture of?
purines
genes
sugars
pyrimidines
17
Where does replication occur?
Cytoplasm
nucleus
ribosomes
endoplasmic reticulum.
18
Which of the following is NOT a main component of DNA?
deoxyribose sugar
phosphate group
ribose sugar
nitrogenous base
19
What the process that makes mRNA from DNA called?
Copying
Translation
Transcription
Decoding
20
What base pairs with adenine?
Glycine
Cytosine
Thymine
21
What the process that makes amino acid chains from mRNA called?
Copying
Decoding
Translation
Transcription
22
Where does translation take place?
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
23
What is the function of rRNA?
Provide instructions for what order to put amino acids in.
Bring amino acids to the ribosome.
Make the ribosome.
Store genetic information.
24
What is the function of tRNA?
store genetic information.
To bring amino acids to the ribosome.
Make the ribosome.
Provide instructions for what order to put amino acids in.

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