Week #6 Quiz: Mutations & Ecology

What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Frameshift 

A mutation is defined as:

• A change in the cell's structure

• Anything that changes in an embryo

• Any change in the physical features of a human

• A change in the DNA sequence

Identify the DELETION mutation from the following:

ATG CCA AAT

• ATG TCA AAT

• ATG CCT AAA T

• ATC CA AT

• ATG CCA AAT

Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation from the following:

ATG CCA AAT

• ATG TCA AAT

• ATG CCT AAA T

• ATC CA AT

• ATG CCA AAT

An inherited trait that helps those organisms that have it to survive

• niche

• structure

• characteristic

• adaptation

Organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. This is called _________.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Gradualism

This is an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Embryology

This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

• Evolution

• Graduation

• Species

• Adaptation

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus