Mutations and Evolution

Mutations and Evolution

KG - University

25 Qs

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Mutations and Evolution

Mutations and Evolution

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Biology

KG - University

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Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-4, HS-LS3-2, MS-LS4-2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of gene mutation results from the insertion or deletion of nucleotides and alters the entire amino acid sequence from that point forward?

Frameshift
Missense
Nonsense
Silent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to an organism, usually a plant, having an extra copy of a complete set of chromosomes?

Monosomy
Polyploidy
Trisomy
Zygoploidy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following events causes a change in chromosome number?

Duplication
Mutogenesis
Nondisjuction
Parthenogenesis

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of mutation results in a change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA?

Chromosomal mutation
Gene mutation
Nondisjunction mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Replacing the amino acid serine with the amino acid glycine would be an example of which of the following mutations?

Frameshift
Missense
Nonsense
Silent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following mutations results in a non-functional protein because a stop codon appeared too early in the mRNA sequence?

Frameshift
Missense
Nonsense
Silent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following mutations results from one nucleotide being substituted for another?

Deletion
Frameshift
Insertion
Point

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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