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DNA and protein synthesis Reorder

Target Level

4-5

Running Total

Attempt

1 of 3

Drag and drop the boxes into the correct order.

Reorder these statements to show how a protein is synthesised

The DNA template is copied to mRNA via complementary base pairing
Amino acids are added to the end of a chain to form a polypeptide
DNA strands unzip and separate
RNA polymerase binds to non-coding DNA in front of a gene
A ribosome reads three bases of the mRNA at a time
tRNA molecules bring amino acids according to the template

This is your 1^st attempt! The marking algorithm gives more marks for getting the right order first time.

Pass Mark

70%