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Animation: Protein Synthesis (Quiz 1)
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View the animation below, then complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the concept.



1

Which of the following combinations are correctly matched?
A)70S – ribosome
B)anticodon – mRNA
C)codon – tRNA
D)A and B
E)A, B, and C
2

Which of the following occurs as the ribosome shifts down the mRNA by a distance of one codon?
A)the tRNA that was in the A site picks up another amino acid
B)the tRNA that was in the A site releases the growing polypeptide chain
C)the tRNA that was in the A site moves into the P site
D)the tRNA that was in the P site moves into the A site
E)the tRNA that was in the P site picks up another amino acid
3

A certain polypeptide is 100 amino acids in length. During translation of this polypeptide, how many amino acids entered through the A site of the ribosome?
A)1
B)9
C)50
D)99
E)100
4

The large ribosomal subunit joins the translation initiation complex after the small subunit has already joined.
A)True
B)False
5

Elongation of the polypeptide chain is terminated when a stop codon enters the P site of the ribosome.
A)True
B)False







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