Genetic Mutations

Multiple Choice

Select which nitrogenous bases can NOT be found in RNA.

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Uracil

• Cytosine

• Guanine

Multiple Choice

During protein synthesis, an RNA strand is transcribed from one strand of DNA (GCG TTA CCT) What is the complementary RNA strand?

• CGC UUT CCT

• CGC AAU GGA

• GCG UUA CCU

• CGC AAT GGA

Multiple Choice

Transcribe the following DNA sequence to the complementary mRNA sequence.

TAC CGG CTG

• AUG GCC GAC

• AUG GCC GAG

• AUG CGG GAC

• GUA GCC GAC

Open Ended

Name a Genetic Mutation you have heard of.

Multiple Choice

A change in a gene, group of genes or chromosome that results in a change in the proteins

• Replication

• Mutations

• Translation

• Transcription

Match

Match the chromosomal mutation with the corresponding image.

Deletion

Inversion

Duplication

Translocation

Nondisjuction

• Deletion

• Inversion

• Duplication

• Translocation

• Nondisjuction

Labelling

Label the type of Chromosome Mutation.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Duplication

Inversion

Inversion

Deletion

Multiple Choice

One nucleotide base is changed so only one amino acid

is affected

• Substitution Mutation

• Point Mutation

• Translocation

• Inverse Mutation

Multiple Choice

A mutation where a nucleotide base is added

to the DNA sequence

• Insertion Mutation

• Deletion Mutation

• Substitution Mutation

• Chromosomal Mutation