DNA and Mutations

A mutation is a change in the sequence of bases in DNA or RNA.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Mutations can only be considered harmful.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Anything that causes a change in DNA are called-

• alleles

• genes

• mutagens

• traits

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Type of mutation where only one base is changed is called...

• point mutations

• frameshift mutations

• chromosomal mutations

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A type of mutation that changes a chromosomes structure (there are five types of these mutations)

• frameshift mutation

• chromosomal mutation

• point mutation

A type of mutation that occurs in gametes (egg and sperm)

• germline mutation

• somatic mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A type of mutation that occurs in other cells of the body (they cannot be passed on to offspring)

• germline mutations

• somatic mutations

Type of chromosomal mutation where part of a chromosome is lost

• deletion

• inversion

• translocation

• nondisjunction

Type of chromosomal mutation where the chromosome piece breaks off, flips, then reattaches

• deletion

• inversion

• translocation

• nondisjunction

Type of chromosomal mutation where a part of a chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome

• deletion

• inversion

• nondisjunction

• translocation