Mutations

chromosome

• Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous

• A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

• The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What kind of mutations exist in humans?

• Neutral mutations

• Harmful mutations

• Beneficial mutations

• All of these

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What happens when the amino acid sequence coded by a gene is altered?

• A defective protein is produced, causing a mutation.

• The amino acid sequence is corrected by the lysosomes.

• Nothing changes; the correct proteins are still made.

• This situation has never occurred.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is an example of a neutral mutation?

• A change in eye color

• A disease

• Lactose tolerance

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

• Beneficial

• Chromosome

• Mutation

• Genes

What is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• Hemophilia

• Cancer

• Lactose tolerance

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Mutation

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

• A change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome

• A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA

• The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a mutation?

• Bacteria that attack the DNA inside a cell

• A permanent change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• A temporary change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• A virus that attacks the DNA inside a cell

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Beneficial

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

• The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

• Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous

• A change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

• Chromosome

• Protein

• Genes

• Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1