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What is the technical term for the group of bases that is translated into an amino acid?
a) nucleotide
b) anticodon
c) codon
d) nitrogen base

What is the name of the process for making messenger RNA from DNA?
a) transcription
b) translation
c) replication
d) phosphorylation

The first codon on an mRNA molecule is always:
a) TAC
b) AUG
c) ATG
d) UAG

Name the technical term for the making of the protein chain from mRNA.
a) transcription
b) translation
c) replication
d) phosphorylation

Name the enzyme that helps to carry the information from a gene to the place where a protein will be made.
a) DNA polymerase
b) Kinase
c) Amylase
d) RNA polymerase

Where does DNA replication take place?
a) cytokinesis
b) anaphase
c) cytoplasm
d) nucleus

What is the term for DNA when it is coiled up (condensed)?
a) twisted ladder
b) double helix
c) chromosome
d) chromatin

What is the name of the type of bond that holds amino acids together in the protein?
a) ionic
b) hydrogen
c) peptide
d) double bond

Whose x-ray crystallography helped determine the structure of DNA?
a) Rosalind Franklin
b) Francis Crick
c) James Watson
d) Maurice Wilkins

What sugar can be found in DNA but not RNA?
a) ribose
b) deoxyribose
c) glucose
d) pentose

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