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- 1. Multiple Choice
Muscles are made of thread-like proteins called myofilaments. What instructs muscle cells to make myofilaments?
Amino Acids
Ribosomes
Nerves
DNA
- 2. Multiple Choice
Amino acids are to proteins as _________ are to words.
Sentences
Letters
Sounds
Books
- 3. Multiple Choice
If you need more amino acids, which of these is the best solution?
Eat more beans
Go to the bathroom
Lift weights
Get more sleep
- 4. Multiple Choice
If cells are restaurants, ribosomes are:
Ingredients
Chefs
Recipes
Diners
- 5. Multiple Choice
Place the following in order from smallest to largest: gene, base, codon.
Codon, base, gene
Gene, codon, base
Base, codon, gene
Gene, base, codon
- 6. Multiple Choice
Six bases make how many codons?
2
3
6
18
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is false?
RNA is a single helix
RNA has exposed bases
RNA forms outside of the nucleus
RNA carries genetic information
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is a true statement about translation?
Ribosomes hold mRNA in place
tRNA leaves the nucleus
Anti-codons transfer from mRNA to amino acids
Protein is broken up into amino acids
- 9. Multiple Choice
The way a ribosome builds a protein is most like:
Mixing up a cookie dough.
Putting beads on a string.
Painting with watercolor.
Building a sandcastle.
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