JUSTICE CECILIA MUNOZ PALMA HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 10 - BIOLOGY
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Protein Synthesis
Part I – The Key Players in protein synthesis
Direction: Identify the key players and the function of each in protein synthesis.

1. __________________ rRNA 2. _________________

messenger RNA 3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________ 7. supplies amino acids to the ribosomes to be
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Part 2 – the process of TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

Direction: Describe each step in DNA replication by filling-in the boxes below with the following sentences:
• When the mRNA ends (a stop codon is read), translation ends and the protein is formed
• The next tRNA molecule moves in and matches with the mRNA codon
• mRNA is made from a DNA template
• mRNA moves outside the nucleus and attaches to a ribosome (a start codon must be read – usually AUG)

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4

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Part 3 – the output of TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

Direction: Fill in the chart below to show how bases are transcribed and translated into amino acids. (_

mRNA

Amino
Acid

Check-Up Quiz:
Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Otherwise, CHANGE THE UNDERLINED WORD to make it correct.
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The process of copying a gene’s DNA sequence into a sequence of RNA is called transcription.
When a sequence of mRNA is read into a sequence of amino acids, replication is happening.
mRNA is read in triplet nucleotides called tridon.
The mRNA becomes the template of information to make proteins.
The tRNA makes up the ribosome.
All types of RNA contain the bases adenine, uracil, guanine, and cytosine.
The building block of protein is nucleic acid.
Transcription happens inside the nucleus.
The final product of translation is protein.