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    The document is a worksheet with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. It covers topics like the basic structure of DNA and RNA, the nitrogenous bases that bind together, the role of nucleotides, replication, transcription and translation. Students are asked to identify parts of the DNA molecule, describe base pairing, and explain how new DNA and RNA strands are created using the genetic code.

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    The document is a worksheet with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. It covers topics like the basic structure of DNA and RNA, the nitrogenous bases that bind together, the role of nucleotides, replication, transcription and translation. Students are asked to identify parts of the DNA molecule, describe base pairing, and explain how new DNA and RNA strands are created using the genetic code.

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    The document is a worksheet with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. It covers topics like the basic structure of DNA and RNA, the nitrogenous bases that bind together, the role of nucleotides, replication, transcription and translation. Students are asked to identify parts of the DNA molecule, describe base pairing, and explain how new DNA and RNA strands are created using the genetic code.

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    Name: ____________________________________________

    Complete the statement using one of the following terms:

    Deoxyribose Adenine Nucleus


    Phosphate Thymine Genetic code
    Nitrogenous base Guanine Watson and Crick
    Replication Cytosine Nucleotides
    Mutation Hydrogen bonds Covalent bonds
    Genes Helix

    1. The fundamental structural unit of the DNA molecule is the


    ________________________.

    2. The sugar that is found in DNA is ___________________________________.

    3. In RNA, cytosine binds with ___________________________.

    4. A nucleotide consists of a sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a


    _____________________________.

    5. The chemical bond that hold the nitrogenous bases together in DNA and RNA is
    _______________________________________.

    6. In DNA, adenine bonds to _________________________________.

    7. The RNA molecule is described as a single-stranded ________________________.

    8. A mistake in the replication of a DNA molecule results in a(n)


    _______________________________.

    9. The scientists who discovered the structure of DNA were named


    __________________________________________________________.

    10.The sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA (such as tRNA) is held together by


    _________________________________________.

    11.The monomers of RNA are ____________________________________.


    Complete the statement using one of the following terms:

    Ribose Adenine Nucleus


    Phosphate Uracil Cytoplasm
    Nitrogenous base Guanine Nucleotides
    Transcription Cytosine
    Ribosomal RNA Messenger RNA
    Thymine Translation

    1. What is the sugar found in RNA is ___________________________________.

    2. In RNA, guanine bonds to ___________________________.

    3. Which nitrogenous base is not found in RNA _________________________________.

    4. Transcription takes place in the _______________________________.

    5. In RNA, adenine bonds to _________________________________.

    6. The building blocks of of RNA are ____________________________________.

    7. Protein synthesis takes place in the ______________________________________.

    8. This type of RNA carries the instructions for making proteins


    ________________________________________________.
    Answer the following questions based on the section of the DNA molecule you see below:

    ____________________________1. What is part A.

    ____________________________2. What is part B.

    ____________________________3. What do parts, C, D, and E represent?

    ____________________________4. What holds C to D and E to F?

    ____________________________5. What is the name for the unit that contains


    parts A, B, and E.

    ____________________________6. If C represents adenine, what is D?

    ____________________________7. If E represents guanine, what is F?

    ____________________________8. Which letters contain the genetic code?

    ____________________________9. How many strands does RNA have?

    ____________________________10. What term describes the shape of DNA?

    Name: ____________________________________________
    Show the base pairing that results in new strands of DNA and RNA:

    DNA RNA

    A _____ _____ T _____ _____


    T _____ _____ C _____ _____
    C _____ _____ A _____ _____
    G _____ _____ G _____ _____
    A _____ _____ T _____ _____
    T _____ _____ A _____ _____
    G _____ _____ C _____ _____
    C _____ _____ G _____ _____
    T _____ _____ A _____ _____
    C _____ _____ G _____ _____

    1. How do these strands differ from each other?


    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

    2. How do the new strands compare to the original strand from which they came?
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

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