Protein Synthesis Unit Exam

This listing features a four-page unit exam about protein synthesis for a general high school biology class. It comes with a four-page key with the answers highlighted in red font.

This assessment has four sections. I parenthesized the number of questions in each section.

• Multiple choice (16)
• Short Answer (5)
• Agree or Disagree and correct the underlined word in the statement if it is false (13)
• Graph Interpretation (5)

This test covers the following.

• The two main steps of protein synthesis (transcription and translation)
• The sequence of events
• The functions of the critical molecules (from RNA polymerase to tRNA)
• The morphology (structure) of the integral molecules and organelles
• Compare and contrast key terms (gene versus a chromosome, codon versus an anticodon, etc.)
• The bonds that form between the nitrogenous bases and between amino acids
• Our cells’ source of amino acids
• Key facts (i.e., number of amino acids, stop codons, codons, etc.)
• Base pairing rules
• What determines the type of protein made in the ribosome?
• The big picture – how genes are expressed in the form of traits when our cells make proteins
• The source of mutation
• Different kinds of mutation (Point versus frameshift error)
• How the damage to DNA from environmental radiation or errors in transcription or translation could result in a variation in the form of a medical condition or the microevolution of a species
• Interpret a line graph that plots the grams of protein consumed versus the grams of protein made during translation plotted against time in hours.

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