Inheritable Genetic Variations

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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process in sexual reproduction where chromosomes can swap sections during cell division?
recombination
meiosis
mitosis
asexual reproduction
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Environmental factors can cause this to occur in genes?
mutations
replication
duplication
elimination
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The variation and distribution of traits observed depends on two factors?
physical and environmental
physical and genetic
genetic and environmental
environmental and chemical
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This process creates new genetic combinations and therefore more genetic variation?
phosphorylation
mitosis
transcription
cell division (meiosis)
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are three pieces of evidence that inheritable genetic variations result from?
new genetic combinations through meiosis, errors in DNA replication, and mutations from environmental factors
errors in DNA replication, genetic combinations through mitosis, and mutations from chemical exposure
mutations from bacteria, errors in DNA translation, and genetic combinations through phosphorylation
errors in DNA transcription and new genetic combinations from DNA methylation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Insertions or deletions of DNA nucleotides can cause this?
transcriptions errors
meiosis
replication errors
cell division
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are among some specific environmental factors that alter genetic variations?
drugs, radiation, and bacteria
oxygen, sugar, and carbon dioxide
fertilizer and antibiotics
chemicals, sunscreen, and aloe
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
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