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  • Question
  • The genetic code is degenerated. Which of the following codons represents the principle of degeneracy?


  • Options
  • A. UAA and UAC
  • B. AUG and AUA
  • C. CAU and CAC
  • D. UUA and UUC

  • Correct Answer
  • CAU and CAC 


  • More questions

    • 1. The vast majority of the molecules that act as energy carriers to power cellular activities are made in

    • Options
    • A. the nucleus
    • B. the Golgi apparatus
    • C. the cytosol
    • D. the mitochondria and chloroplasts
    • Discuss
    • 2. Oxidative phosphorylation is to respiration as __________ is to photosynthesis

    • Options
    • A. carbon fixation
    • B. electron transport chain
    • C. light capture by chlorophyll
    • D. reduction of NADPH
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following represents a correct ordering of the events that occur during the respiration of glucose in the absence of O2?

    • Options
    • A. Glycolysis; citric acid cycle; oxidative phosphorylation
    • B. Glycolysis; oxidative phosphorylation; citric acid cycle
    • C. Oxidative phosphorylation; citric acid cycle; glycolysis
    • D. Glycolysis; fermentation
    • Discuss
    • 4. Assume the combined processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, the electrons that start as part of H2O at the beginning of the light reactions end up attaching to

    • Options
    • A. O2 to make new H2O
    • B. NADPH to make new glucose
    • C. pyruvate to make ethanol
    • D. electron transport carriers to make O2
    • Discuss
    • 5. Glycolysis takes places in the __________ and produces __________ , which in the presence of oxygen then enters the __________ .

    • Options
    • A. cytosol; glucose; mitochondrion to complete fermentation
    • B. cytosol; pyruvate; mitochondrion to complete fermentation
    • C. cytosol; pyruvate; mitochondrion to complete cellular respiration
    • D. mitochondrion; pyruvate; chloroplast to complete photosynthesis
    • Discuss
    • 6. What is the maximum absorption wavelength for photosystem I in green plants?

    • Options
    • A. 550 nm
    • B. 600 nm
    • C. 700 nm
    • D. 750 nm
    • Discuss
    • 7. The anticodon of tRNA

    • Options
    • A. binds to rRNA
    • B. binds to an amino acid
    • C. binds to the Shine Dalgarno sequence
    • D. binds to an mRNA codon
    • Discuss
    • 8. The rate of photorespiration in most plants increases at.higher temperatures. Some plants have evolved a somewhat round-about system to deal with this problem. This series of reactions is called

    • Options
    • A. ETS (electron transfer system in light reactions
    • B. C4 pathway
    • C. Photosystem II
    • D. Calvin cycle
    • Discuss
    • 9. The amount of energy received from one ATP is

    • Options
    • A. 76 kcal
    • B. 7.3 kcal
    • C. 760 kcal
    • D. 1000 kcal
    • Discuss
    • 10. What type of B cell remains dormant in the body, but can respond rapidly if the same antigen appears again?

    • Options
    • A. T cells
    • B. Memory cells
    • C. Plasma cells
    • D. Macrophages
    • Discuss


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