Mutations

Mutations

11th Grade

19 Qs

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Mutations

Mutations

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Biology

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS1-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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A single substitution in the third position would have the greatest probability of mutational effect on the codon


a. GUU

b. AUU

c. CGU

d. AUG

e. CCC

GUU

AUU

CGU

AUG

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a correct statement about mutations?

They are a source of variation for evolution

Ther drive evolution by creating mutation pressures

They are irriversible

They occur in germ cells but not in somatic cells

They are most often beneficial to the organisms in which they occur.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Suppose a gene has the DNA nucleotide sequence


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

C T G G C A T G C T T C G G A A A


(No real gene could be this short, but for our purposes, this will suffice.) Which one of the following mutations would probably produce the greatest change in the activity of the protein for which this gene codes?

substitution of A for G in position 3

deletion of the C at position 5

deletion of the A at position 15

addition of G between position 14 and 15

substitution of A for T at position at 11

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 A frameshift mutation could result from 

a base insertion only.
a base deletion only. 
a base substitution only. 
either an insertion or a deletion of a base.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ______ mutation.

Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Inversion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Are all mutations bad?

Yes
No

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Where do mutations occur?

DNA and RNA
DNA 
RNA
mRNA and tRNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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