Mutations & Natural Selection I

What describes a change in the DNA sequence?

• Transcription

• Translation

• DNA replication

• Mutation

• Apoptosis

Mutations are__________

• Harmful

• Harmful or beneficial

• Neutral

• Harmful, neutral, or beneficial

A rabbit that has short deformed legs and cannot jump or run fast would have a____

• Harmful mutation
• Beneficial mutation
• Neutral mutation
• normal life

A desert animal with extra thick fur/hair would be___

• Harmful
• Neutral
• Beneficial
• Happy

If a mutation is beneficial to an organism, this mutation is likely to...

• increase in the population

• decrease in the population

• go extinct

• have a harmful effect

Can DNA mutations(changes) be passed on to offspring?

• yes

• no

Mutations are SOMETIMES helpful to the organism.

• true

• false