Glencoe Biology

Section 3: DNA, RNA, and Protein

Self-Check Quizzes

1
Which of these is not an aspect of the central dogma of biology?
A)DNA and RNA control protein synthesis
B)DNA codes for RNA
C)DNA and RNA are in living things
D)genetic material is found in protein
2
What is synthesized to pass the DNA code to messenger RNA?
A)polymerase
B)messenger RNA
C)ligase
D)ribosome
3
A process called ____ uses the code carried by messenger RNA for protein synthesis.
A)translation
B)transcription
C)unwinding
D)elongation
4
The three-base code in DNA or messenger RNA is called a ____.
A)polymerase chain
B)translation
C)codon
D)transfer RNA
5
Which substance shown here, binds to the site where messenger RNA will be synthesized?

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A)RNA polymerase
B)template DNA strand
C)nucleotide
D)adenine
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