Inheritable Genetic Variations

Inheritable Genetic Variations

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

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Inheritable Genetic Variations

Inheritable Genetic Variations

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Rye Shuey

Used 113+ times

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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