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ADVANCED BIOLOGY - WORKSHEET ACTIVITY Nucleic Acids CARD # 1. Record the card sequence (DNA) below.

2. Construct a complementary (DNA) strand off the parent (card) from step #1 and record below.

3. From the complementary strand in step #2, construct a mRNA strand and record below.

4. Which strand codes for the amino acid inside the ribosome? (Circle the correct answer.) DNA mRNA tRNA

5. Using the correct strand above, (one that codes for the amino acid) and using a codon table, what do the 2 amino acids translate?

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6. Using all the terms below, complete the following paragraph which explains how the nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) and protein are made within a cell. Translation / polypeptide / replication / transcription / nucleus / rRNA / tRNA / mRNA / ribosome / DNA / cytoplasm / codon / anticodon / nitrogen / peptide

Inside the (1) (2)

, both replication and transcription takes place. is the process when a new (3)

molecule is made from another DNA molecule. The process called (4) is when all three forms of RNA (tRNA, mRNA, and rRNA) is

produced from DNA. All three RNA molecules will leave the nucleus and travel out into the (5) make the ribosomes. (7) . (6) will combine with proteins to is a single strand that receives information

from the DNA molecule and assembles the pattern of amino acids. And (8) is the hair-pin shaped molecule that will match up with the

mRNA in the ribosome to make eventually make protein. Through the process of protein synthesis, the (9) nucleotides from both the (10) (11) bases of the of the mRNA and the of the tRNA match up inside the ribosome. The three

complementary bases from both the mRNA and rRNA, which is a series of three nucleotides, matches up. For example, AUG on the tRNA will match up with UAC on the mRNA molecule. When the codons and anticodons pair up inside the (12) , a chemical

reaction will create an amino acid. At the stem of the tRNA, the amino acids are linked together by (13) (14) (15) . bonds. When the strand of amino acids twists, it will create a or a chain of protein and this process is called

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