Mutations

​Mutations

Module 6 | Lesson 3

Lesson Essential Question

What are the causes and effects of mutations on organisms?

Copy the Essential Question in your notebook.

Lesson Headings

• What are mutations?

• How are mutations caused?

• What are the types of mutations?

• What effects do mutations have on organisms?

What are mutations?

How are mutations caused?

Match

Match the following

• Radiation factor

• Inherited factor

• Environmental factor

X-Rays, UV Rays

Found in reproductive cells

Chemical exposure

• X-Rays, UV Rays

• Found in reproductive cells

• Chemical exposure

What are the types of mutations?

Open Ended

Explain why frameshift mutations are more harmful than point mutations.

What effect do mutations have on organisms?

End of Lesson