Biology Chapter 8 Vocabulary Quiz
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Mrs. Shetrom's Chapter 8 Vocabulary Quiz for Visualizing Biology
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- 1.The transfer of genetic material from one organism to another is
- A.
Transformation
- B.
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- 2.A "jumping gene", a gene with the ability to move from one location to another in a chromosome is
- A.
Transposon
- B.
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- 3.A single stranded nucleic acid containing the bases A, G, C, and U is
- A.
Ribonucleic acid
- B.
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- 4.The first stage of gene expression in which an RNA copy of DNA is made is
- A.
Transcription
- B.
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- 5.An environmental agent that can alter the structure of DNA is
- A.
Mutagen
- B.
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- 6.Three nucleotide sequence in mRNA specifying a particular amino acid is
- A.
Codon
- B.
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- 7.Three nucleotide sequence of a tRNA molecule is
- A.
Anticodon
- B.
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- 8.Spiral of two strands as in DNA structure is
- A.
Double helix
- B.
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- 9.The correspondence between nucleotide triplets in DNA and the amino acids in proteins is
- A.
Genetic code
- B.
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- 10.The molecule that binds to the repressor protein, thereby allowing DNA to be transcribed is
- A.
Inducer
- B.
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- 11.Noncoding portions of the DNA are
- A.
Intron
- B.
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- 12.The second stage of gene expression in which three kinds of RNA work together to assemble amino acids into a protein molecule is
- A.
Translation
- B.
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- 13.A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of three parts: a sugar, a phosphate, and a base, is
- A.
Nucleotide
- B.
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- 14.Protein that blocks transcription by preventing RNA polymerasefrom moving along the gene is
- A.
Repressor protein
- B.
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- 15.This os one of the two smaller nucleotide bases, ex. cytosine or thymine.
- A.
Pyrimidine
- B.
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- 16.This is one of the two larger nucleotide bases, ex. adenine or guanine.
- A.
Purine
- B.
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- 17.The use of genetic information in DNA to make proteins is
- A.
Gene expression
- B.
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- 18.The portions of DNA that code for protein are
- A.
Exon
- B.
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- 19.Write the complementary DNA strand for this DNA strand: A T C G A A C G C T T A IMPORTANT: Be sure to put a space between each pair of letters.) (HINT: It may be helpful to write this strand on a piece of paper and then write the complementary strand underneath it.)
- A.
T A G C T T G C G A A T
- B.
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- 20.Write the mRNA sequence that would be coded for by the DNA sequence from the previous question A T C G A A C G C T T A IMPORTANT: Be sure to put a space between each pair of letters.) (HINT: It may be helpful to write this strand on a piece of paper and then write the complementary strand underneath it.)
- A.
U A G C U U G C G A A U
- B.
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- 21.The purpose of translation is to put amino acids in a chain to make a
- A.
Protein
- B.
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