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

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

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Process of adding or changing DNA to alter genes within an individual’s cells to treat disease. 

• stem cell research
• cloning
• gene therapy
• selective breeding

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An error in DNA copying that results in a new trait

• Homeostasis
• Mutation
• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding

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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

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Genetics is the study of ______________

• DNA

• heredity

• genes

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This is known as Edwards Syndrome, can you identify the chromosomal mutation?

• Chromosomes 1 and 2 are bent

• There is no Y chromosome

• This persons chromosomes are normal

• There are 3 of chromosomes 18

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A mutation changes the color of a grasshopper. What color grasshopper will have a genetic disadvantage?

• green grasshopper

• brown grasshopper

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A deletion mutation occurs when

• a base pair is missing from the DNA strand

• a base pair is added to the DNA strand

• a base pair is replaced with a different base pair

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Where is DNA found in a cell? 

• on the cell wall
• on the cell membrane
• on chromosomes 
• on the chloroplast

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What are genetically modified (GM) organisms and GM foods?

• Foods with higher quantities
• Organisms with more fur
• Foods or organiisms with DNA modified in a way that doesn't occur naturally
• Food and organisms that have been injected with hormones

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