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Question

A student makes a model to compare the process of transcription and translation to the process of using a grocery store that prepares orders for customers. Based on the student's model and your knowledge of the biological process, which person or object represents tRNA?
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The shopper
The shopping cart
The grocery list
The cashier

A customer makes a copy of a grocery list at home.
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The customer drives the grocery list to the grocery store.
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The customer gives the grocery list to a shopper at the store.
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The shopper picks up the items and brings them to the cashier.
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The cashier assembles the order in a shopping cart containing all the items, and an order is produced.
Based on the student's model and your knowledge of the biological process, which person or object represents tRNA?

Answer 1

In the student's model comparing transcription and translation to a grocery store process, the object that represents tRNA is "The shopper."

Here's the reasoning:

• In the biological process of translation, tRNA (transfer RNA) is responsible for transporting amino acids to the ribosome, where the mRNA (the grocery list) is translated into a protein (the assembled order).
• The shopper, in this analogy, is like tRNA because they are the ones who physically pick up the items (amino acids) specified on the grocery list (mRNA) and bring them to the checkout (the ribosome), where the order (protein) is assembled.

Therefore, the correct answer is "The shopper."