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Chapter 14.1 RNA - Reading Guide (Bee Book)
Case Study: How does a plant remember winter?
1. What type of food is made with wheat? _______________________________________
2. When is winter wheat planted? __________________________________________
3. What must happen before these plants produce flowers? _____________________________
14.1 RNA
4. RNA uses the instructions from DNA to direct the production of _____________________________
5. RNA is composed of the sugar ___________________________________
6. Use figure 14-1 to answer True of False to the following statements:
_____ RNA is single stranded
_____ Both DNA and RNA contain thymine.
_____ Only RNA has uracil.
7. Match the type of RNA to the description.
_____ mRNA a) subunits of the ribosome
_____ rRNA b) carries amino acids to the ribosome
_____ tRNA c) carries the instructions from DNA to the ribosome
8. The process of copying a base sequence from DNA to RNA is called _____________________________
9. Segments of DNA serve as ___________________________ to produce RNA molecules.
10. RNA polymerase binds to regions of DNA called _______________________________
11. Portions of DNA that are cut out and discarded are called ___________________________
12. What happens to the exons? ______________________________________________________
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Chapter 14.2 Ribosomes and Protein Synthesis - Reading Guide (Bee Book)
1. Proteins are made by joining amino acids together into chains called _____________________________
2. Three consecutive bases is called a ___________________________________
3. (Fig 14-5) Use the codon diagram to determine the amino acid for each codon.
CAC = ____________________________ UCC = _______________________________
GUU = ____________________________ AAA = _______________________________
4. How many different codons specify leucine? ___________ tryptophan? ________
5. What is special about the AUG codon? __________________________________________
6. What happens when a stop codon is reached? _____________________________________
7. What cell structures assemble the polypeptide chains? __________________________________
8. The process of using the mRNA chain to make a protein is called _____________________________
9. What molecule brings the amino acids to the ribosomes? _____________________
10. Each tRNA is a complementary codon to the mRNA, it is called the ___________________________
11. Examine the image on page 448 to label the diagram below
1) _______________________________
2) _______________________________
3) _______________________________
4) _______________________________
5) _______________________________
6) _______________________________
7) _______________________________
12. Summarize the role of each of the RNA
molecules in the process. (p 449)
mRNA _________________________________________________
tRNA __________________________________________________
rRNA __________________________________________________
13. Molecular biology provides a way to understand the link between genes and _______________________
14. The most interesting discovery is that the genetic code is _________________________________
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