Mutations

Mutations

9th Grade

20 Qs

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Mutations

Mutations

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Biology

9th Grade

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NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-1, HS-LS1-3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Substitution

Deletion

Insertion

Silent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why are insertion and deletion mutations so harmful?

They shift all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence

Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Genes determine whether you have dimples, what color eyes you have, and even your ability to roll your tongue. What is the role of a gene in inheritance?

The gene gets messages from its cell about showing certain traits.

The gene has nerves that send messages to the brain controlling specific traits.

The gene is a section of DNA that controls a trait that the organism inherits.

The gene contains chromosomes that show an organism's traits.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a nitrogen base is added to a gene, this is called a __________ mutation.

deletion

insertion

substitution

point

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Genetic mutations can be...

beneficial, harmful, or neutral

beneficial only

harmful only

neutral only

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What Are Mutations?

change in a nucleotide sequence

change in appearance of an organism

random copying of cells

a duplication of a whole chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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