DNA Mutations

DNA Mutations

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS1-1, MS-LS3-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Emma Starkey

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This type of substitution codes for a stop codon

Missense
Nonsense
Silent
Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you are missing or have an extra base in your mutated DNA . What type of mutation occurred?

Substitution
Frameshift
Duplication 
Insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A type of substitution in which no  amino acids change is called 

Missense
Nonsense
Silent
Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

Insertions only
Substitution only
Deletion only
Insertions and Deletions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Inversion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

mRNA is read in chunks of three, called...

quadralets
anticodons
codons
capsids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is a Gene?

A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein
A chromosome
A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein
Your genome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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