Mutations

Mutations can benefit humans because they can:

• Cause illness

• Make an organism more suited to live in its environment.

• Make organisms live shorter lives

• Cause organisms to grow extra limbs.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Mutations can be negative because

• They can cause birth defects

• They can help an organism thrive in its environment.

• They can affect offspring.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Where do mutations occur?

• DNA and RNA
• DNA 
• RNA
• mRNA and tRNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What causes mutations?

• Mistakes in replication or environmental substances
• The amino acids
• Passed down by genetics
• It's how your born

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A mutation can occur if a base pair is ____________, deleted, or substituted for another.

• modified

• added

• transferred

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

ATTTGAGCC- Original

ATTGAGCC - Mutated

The example above is an example of a

• Insertion

• Point mutation

• Deletion

• Substitution

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Mutations are random.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Mutations are SOMETIMES helpful to the organism.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

True or false, mutations create genetic diversity?

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

original chromosome
ABC-DEF
mutated chromosome
AC-DEF
This is a _____________ mutation.

• frameshift
• point
• deletion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2