Gene Mutations Lesson

Mutations

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a description of a mutation?

• the creation of RNA using DNA as a template

• producing 2 identical strands of DNA from a parent molecule

• an unexpected change in the order of nucleotides on a DNA strand

• the creation of a protein by reading RNA codons

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an internal mutation?

• radiation

• chemicals

• viruses

• copy error

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a type of mutation where a section of chromosome is flipped around?

• insertion

• deletion

• inversion

• translocation

Multiple Select

Which of the following would be considered a frameshift type of point mutation?

• insertion

• deletion

• substitution

Multiple Choice

What type of point mutation would cause the least problems?

• missense

• nonsense

• silent

• frameshift

Multiple Choice

What type of mutation is more like to cause serious problems?

• point mutation

• chromosomal mutation

Multiple Choice

A substitution mutation that causes an amino acid change is called

• missense

• nonsense

• silent