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Mutation and DNA repair

Authored by Pete Kohnen

Biology

10th Grade - University

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Mutation and DNA repair
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Once a mutation has occurred, it is definitely going to be permanent in the organism.

True
False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A nonsense mutation results in _________.

A truncated protein
A slightly altered polypeptide chain
A shift in the reading frame
The regulatory sequence being altered.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of gene do cancer researchers often "turn off" in order to study cancer?

proto-oncogense
oncogenes
constitutive genes
tumor supressor genes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Because some amino acids can be coded for by multiple codons, this type of mutation is possible.

Nonsense Mutation
Missense Mutation
Degenerate Mutation
Silent Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If below is the wild-type DNA sequence, which one shows a point mutation?
5'-ATTCGC-3'

5' - AATTCGC - 3'
5'- ATCCGC - 3'
5' - ATCGC - 3'
5' - ATTCGC - 3'

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A base pair substitution can result in all of the following except __________.

Missense mutation
Frameshift Mutation
Silent Mutation
Nonsense mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of mutation is the result of an insertion?

Silent Mutation
Missense mutation
Nonsense mutation
Frameshift mutation

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