Mutations

Mutations

Assessment

Flashcard

Science

10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS4-2, MS-LS3-1

+5

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Mutations can benefit humans because they can:

Back

Make an organism more suited to live in its environment.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Mutation

Back

A change in the DNA sequence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes mutations?

Back

Mistakes in replication or environmental substances

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A mutation can occur if a base pair is ____________, deleted or substituted for another.

Back

added

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Another name for a point mutation is:

Back

Substitution

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

ATTTGAGCC- Original ATTGAGCC - Mutated The example above is an example of a Insertion, Point mutation, Deletion, Substitution

Back

Deletion

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Mutations are random.

Back

True

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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