AP Bio Insta-Review Topic 6.7: Mutations

Which mutation results in a change in the amino acid?

• Frameshift

• Missense

• Nonsense 

• Silent

Which mutation results in no change in the amino acid?

• Frameshift

• Missense

• Nonsense 

• Silent

Which mutation results from +/- one nucleotide base?

• Frameshift

• Missense

• Nonsense 

• Silent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Frameshift mutation in what area causes most damage?

• Intron

• Start of exon

• Middle of exon

• End of exon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the primary source of genetic variation?

• Crossing over

• Independent assortment

• Mutations

• Random fertilization

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Which of the following is the cause of Trisomy 21?

• Duplication

• Frameshift mutation

• Nondisjunction

• Point mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Triploid organisms are sterile (unable to reproduce)

• True

• False

Which enzyme has proofreading capabilities?

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• Ligase

• Topoisomerase 

Which is responsible for halting DNA replication because of error?

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• p53

• Ras

In disease with too many copies of genes (Huntington's)...

• Deletion

• Duplication

• Inversion

• Translocation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2