DNA and mutations

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

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Inversion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Original: ATC CAT
Mutation: ATC GCAT
What mutation occurred?

• deletion
• insertion
• silent
• transverse

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Are all mutations bad?

• Yes
• No

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A T T T G A G C C- Original

A T T G A G C C - Mutated

The example above is an example of a :

• Insertion

• Substitution

• Deletion

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

a very long stretch of DNA tightly wound into a condensed body, has thousands of genes

• chromosome

• nucleus

• chromatin

• genetic code

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a change in DNA

• mutation

• mutagen

• polygenic

• trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of these is not a type of mutation?

• elimination

• deletion

• insertion

• substitution

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides