Sama Misr American School Trimester one

Science Department HW sheet ( W6 )

2023 -2024 Chapter10: Sec.4 Protein synthesis
DNA , RNA &Transcription

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Part 1 - DNA
1. What does DNA stand for, and where is DNA found in the cell?

2. Why is it important for DNA to make exact copies of itself?

3. When does DNA replication occur?

4. Place the diagrams in the correct order by writing the numbers 1 through 3 above each diagram.
Then answer the questions that follow.

DNA "unzips"
Complementary bases Two molecules of DNA
identical to each other and
attach to template the original molecule are
made

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5. What process is shown in these diagrams?

6. How are enzymes -involved in this process?

7. What happens after the DNA "unzips"?

8. Suppose that a sequence of one DNA strand is TACAACGTG. What is the corresponding sequence on the other
strand?

Part 2 - RNA
1. What does RNA stand for?

2. Describe the structure of RNA.

3. How does RNA differ from DNA? (3 ways)

4. List the three types of RNA and give the function of each.

Type of RNA Function

a.

b.

c.

5. Complete the following chart comparing DNA and RNA. Carefully read each term or phrase in the left-hand column
of the following table. If the term or phrase applies to DNA, place a check mark in the column labeled DNA. If it applies to
RNA, place a check mark in the column labeled RMA. If it applies to both nucleic acids, place a check mark in both columns.

DNA RNA DNA RNA

Nucleotides Double helix
Deoxyribose Replication
Ribose Transcription
Single-stranded Exact copy
Double-stranded Messenger
Nitrogenous bases More than one form
Thymine Found-in-nucleus
Uracil Leaves nucleus
Template for syntheses of nucleic acid Does not leave nucleus

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Part 3 - Transcription
1. Define transcription –

2. Why must this event take place?

3. Diagram how mRNA forms from the following DNA molecule by

a. completing the DNA molecule
b. show how the DNA unzips
c. show mRNA transcribing the left side of the DNA molecule.
DNA DNA UNZIPPING mRNA transcribing
AT -- --
AT -- --
CG -- --
TA -- --
T-- -- -- T-- --
A-- -- -- A-- --
A-- -- -- A-- --
A-- -- -- A-- --

AT A T AU T
GC G C GC C
GC G C GC C
CG C G CG G
4. Once the mRNA forms, where does it go next?

5. What happens to the DNA in the nucleus once the mRNA is through copying it?