Bio Final Exam Melinda Winter

Which of these is the most accurate description of the term "gene?"

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the term "chromosome?"

Three dimensional printed objects with specific shapes and functions

The cell's "3D printers."

The cell's "flash-drive"--portable copies of files or apps.

Software stored in the cell's "hard-drive."

Symbols of the cell's software code.

Genes are made of a sequence of the nucleotides A, C, T and G.

Choose all responses that correctly complete this sentence: All 20 naturally occurring amino acids are identical in_____________________________________

Two important categories of macro-molecules in cells are nucleic acids (DNA and the different RNAs), and protein. Which of the following are characteristics of proteins?

Match each term with its correct description. Making an mRNA copy of a gene.

Match each term with its correct description: Copying all a cell's DNA, just before the cell divides into two cells.

Match each term with its correct description: Reading mRNA code and printing a protein.

Choose the most correct answer to this question: What are nucleotides?

On the left are "letters" on one side of a DNA double helix. Add the correct complementary DNA letters, according to the "base-pairing" rule of DNA replication: CGTTA [blank_start]_____[blank_end]

Match each biological structure to the job it does in the cell: "Unzips" a DNA molecule, in the process of DNA replication

Match each biological structure to the job it does in the cell: Prints proteins.

Match each biological structure to the job it does in the cell: Carries a "print this protein" message to ribosomes.

Match each biological structure to the job it does in the cell: Delivers amino acids to ribosomes.

Select the TWO most precisely correct answers What functions does DNA perform for the cell?

The following processes happen in one of two places: Inside the nucleus

The shape of the protein is determined by[blank_start]...[blank_end] The sequence of amino acids is determined by[blank_start]...[blank_end] The sequence of mRNA nucleotides is determined by[blank_start]...[blank_end] A protein's function is determined by[blank_start]...[blank_end]

The images we always see of chromosomes shaped like an "X" are actually "identical twin chromosomes" (chromatids), after DNA replication.

Which of the following are performed by proteins?

Which of the following are performed by RNA?

Which of the following are performed by DNA?

ONE of the following steps does NOT occur during DNA replication (right before a cell divides). Which step is NOT part of DNA replication?

Which "letters" (nucleotides) are found in the DNA "alphabet?"

Which "letters"(nucleotides) are in the RNA"alphabet?"

Match each energy-gathering process (below) with which organisms do this process. Respiration: [blank_start]___[blank_end] Photosynthesis: [blank_start]__[blank_end]

Which of the following statements are TRUE about glycolysis?

Select each molecule that has high (chemical) energy