DNA Mutations Quiz

What category of mutations are a single base change AND include three different types: silent, missense and nonsense?

• Frameshift

• Point

What category of mutations are when the "reading frame" is shifted as a result of the change AND includes two different types - insertion and deletion

• Frameshift

• Point

What type of mutation is when there is a REMOVAL of bases that shift the "reading frame"

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Missense

• Silent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of mutation is when there is an ADDITION of bases that shift the "reading frame"

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Missense

• Silent

What is the double stranded genetic information where our point and frameshift mutations occur?

• DNA

• RNA

• GNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A single change in DNA base pair that results in a STOP codon

• silent

• missense

• nonsense

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A single change in DNA base pair that changes one amino acid it codes for

• silent

• missense

• nonsense

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A single change in DNA base pair that does not change the amino acid it codes for

• silent

• missense

• nonsense

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following are our point mutations (there is more than one answer to select)

• Silent

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Insertion

• Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following are our frameshift mutations (there is more than one answer to select)

• Silent

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Insertion

• Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2