Transcription/Translation Review Game

ROUND 1 – 5 POINTS EACH

ROUND 2 – 10 POINTS EACH

ROUND 3 - 15 POINTS EACH

1. List three ways that DNA and RNA differ.

1. List three ways that DNA and RNA differ.

-DNA is double stranded, RNA is single stranded

-The sugars are different

-RNA has uracil instead of thymine

-DNA can not leave the nucleus

2. Which RNA translates codons into amino acids to build a protein?

A. mRNA

B. tRNA

C. rRNA

D. uRNA

2. Which RNA takes codons and amino acids and translates them to make a protein?

A. mRNA

B. tRNA

C. rRNA

D. uRNA

3. How many amino acids are attached to each tRNA?

3. How many amino acids are attached to each tRNA?

ONE

4. What is happening in each step (A,B,C,D,E)?

4. What is happening in each step (A,B,C,D,E)?Attachment Injection

Takes over Cell’s DNA

Assembly

Lysis

ROUND 2

1. Which of the following would not be found in a RNA nucleotide?

A. Uracil

B. Cytosine

C. Deoxyribose

D. Phosphate Group

1. Which of the following would not be found in a RNA nucleotide?

A. Uracil

B. Cytosine

C. Deoxyribose

D. Phosphate Group

2. The name of any external agent that can cause a mutation?

2. The name of any external agent that can cause a mutation?

Mutagen

3. The process in which mRNA codons are attached to anticodons in order to create a protein?

3. The process in which mRNA codons are attached to anticodons in order to create a protein?

Translation

4. During which process is mRNA created?

4. During which process is mRNA created?

Transcription

If the DNA strand is AATGCTACCGTA

What will the anticodon sequence be during translation?

DNA strand: AATGCTACCGTA

mRNA strand: UUACGAUGGCAU

tRNA sequence: AAUGCUACCGUA

ROUND 3

1. What happened in the DNA strand “B”?

Original Strand “A” ATC GGC AAT CAG

Strand “B” ATC GGC ATT CAG

A. a point mutation

B. a frameshift mutation

C. an external agent mutation

D. transcription

1. What happened in the DNA strand “B”?

Original Strand “A” ATC GGC AAT CAG

Strand “B” ATC GGC ATT CAG

A. a point mutation

B. a frameshift mutation

C. an external agent mutation

D. transcription

2. When would a point mutation not be a big deal?

A. when it causes sickle-cell disease

B. when a stop codon is coded for instead of Methionine

C. when the mRNA sequence begins with the mutation

D. when the point mutation still codes for the same amino acid.

2. When would a point mutation not be a big deal?

A. when it causes sickle-cell disease

B. when a stop codon is coded for instead of Methionine

C. when the mRNA sequence begins with the mutation

D. when the point mutation still codes for the same amino acid.

3.a. Where are anti-codons found?

b. What would be the tRNA sequence to match these mRNA codons?

A A U C U G

3.a. Where are anti-codons found? At the bottom of the tRNA molecule

b. What would be the tRNA sequence to match these mRNA codons?

UUA GAC

A A U C U G

4. Give me the protein chain that will be made from this portion of DNA?

GCG ATG CTA AAG

4. Give me the protein chain that will be made from this portion of DNA?

GCG ATG CTA AAG

Arginine, Tyrosine, Aspartate, Phenylalanine