CRITICAL THINKING problemS- 
DNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

1. The terms transcription and translation have common meanings in the English language 
while they have alternate yet related meanings in biology. What is the relationship between 
the general definition of each term and the biological process described by each term? 

2. If a scientist were provided with the specific protein could they determine the particular DNA code that produced it? What types of information would they require in order to make a 
determination of the gene sequence? 

3. describe how one change in a DNA nucleotide could alter the sequence of amino acids in the 
resulting protein? (an ex would be the difference between normal and sickle-cell 
hemoglobin)