Reference no: EM133349583
Assignment:
1. When does the process of splitting water to release hydrogen ions, electrons, and oxygen occur?
a. during the light reactions in photosynthesis
b. during the Calvin cycle
c. during the Krebs cycle
d. during carbon fixation
e. during the recovery from "oxygen debt" from hard exercise
2. The synthesis reaction of photosynthesis takes place in:
a. the thylakoid membrane
b. the mitochondria
c. the matrix
d. the intrathylakoid space
e. the stroma
3. The process by which DNA is transcribed into mRNA occurs in what part of the cell?
a. the chloroplast
b. the nucleus
c. the endoplasmic reticulum
d. the ribosomes
e. the golgi complex
4. Which of the following molecules contains the anticodon?
a. DNA
b. messenger RNA
c. transfer RNA
d. the ribosome
e. Okazaki fragments
5. The percent composition of thymine in a DNA molecule is found to be 35%.
Therefore, which of the following is the % composition of guanine?
a. 35%
b. 70%
c. 30%
d. 15%
e. cannot be determined
6. Which of the following is not considered to be a type of mutation?
a. translocation
b. deletion
c. insertion
d. inversion
e. they are all types of mutations
7. Which of the following tools of recombinant DNA technology is incorrectly paired with its use?
a. restriction endonuclease: the production of gene fragments for gene cloning
b. DNA ligase: an enzyme that cuts DNA, creating sticky ends
c. Taq polymerase: copies DNA sequences in the polymerase chain reaction
d. electrophoresis: separates DNA fragments according to size
e. plasmid: a vector that introduces foreign genes into bacterial cells
8. What does PCR stand for?
a. polymerase copy reaction
b. polymorphism copy reaction
c. polymorphism chain reaction
d. polymerase chain reaction
e. polymorphism chain restriction