Name tim harris Class bio 1 Date 4-18/19

13.2 Ribosomes and Protein Synthesis

The Genetic Code
Use the diagram to answer Questions 1–5.

1. What are the words along the outside of the circle?

Amino acids
2. What can you find by reading this diagram from the inside out?
Lysine
3. For which amino acid is AAA a codon?
Lysine
4. What is the codon for tryptophan?
 UGG
5. For which amino acid is GGA a codon?
 Glycine
6. Define transcription.
is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.
7. Define translation.
 is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an
equivalent target-language text. 
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Transcription
Use chapter 13 or your notes to answer Questions 8-10.

8. Given the following DNA strand, which of the following is its complementary mRNA?
GGACTGATT
 CCUGACUAA
9. What is the name of the enzyme that joins nucleotides to the mRNA strand?

RNA polymerase
10. How are the base pair rules different for RNA than the base pair rules for DNA?
adenine always pairs with uracil (A-U).
Phenylalanine leucine lysine methionine
Translation
Use the diagram to answer Questions 11–13.
11. What is the codon for leucine? UUA, UUG,
CUA, CUG, CUU, and CUC.

12. List the amino acids in the order they

would appear in the polypeptide coded for
by this mRNA.
methionine, phenylalanine, lysine, leucine.
13. What is the difference between
transcription and translation?
The process by which DNA is copied to RNA is called
transcription, and that by which RNA is used to
produce proteins is called translation.

The Molecular Basis of Heredity

For Questions 14–18, write the letter of the correct answer on the line at the left.
14. The instructions for assembling proteins are contained in the
A. genes.
B. ribosomes
C. exons.
D. introns.
15. The central dogma of molecular biology is that information is transferred from
A. RNA to protein to DNA.
B. DNA to protein to RNA.
C. protein to DNA to RNA.
D. DNA to RNA to protein.