Mutations STAAR

Mutations STAAR

9th - 12th Grade

8 Qs

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Mutations STAAR

Mutations STAAR

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-4

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The survival of a species depends on its ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Which statement correctly describes a way that mutations increase the likelihood that a species will survive in a changing environment?
Mutations are a source of variation in the species
Mutations are the cause of disease in the species
Mutations are not harmful when they occur in somatic cells
Mutations are always passed on to subsequent generations

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the 1960's the molecular biologist George Streisinger developed the strand-slippage hypothesis. Streisinger notieced that mutations occured in areas of DNA that contained many repeated sequences. When a strand-slippage error occurs, an insertion mutation can result. How does the insertion affect the DNA?
Nitrogen bases are added
Nitrogen bases are exchanged
Nitrogen bases are damaged
Nitrogen bases are deleted

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Early-onset Alzheimer's disease affects people under the age of 65. Less than 5% of people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease have this type. Many cases of early-onset Alzheimer's disease are inherited, a type of known as familial Alzheimer's diseas (FAD). Which statement is best supported by this information?
FAD is the result of a genetic change in one or more chromosomes
Natural selection will continue to reduce the incidence of FAD
FAD affects only the genes of middle-aged people
Deletion of one amino acid causes FAD

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Sickle-shaped red blood cells result from a mutation in the gene that codes for hemoglobin. This mutation results in sickle-cell anemia. A partial sequence of bases from a normal hemoglobin gene and a sequence that results in sickle-cell anemia are shown. What type of mutation is depicted  in this sequence?
Deletion
Frameshift
Insertion
Substitution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A mutation that occurs in the gametes of an organism will most likely be transferred to which of the following?
The siblings of the organism
The offspring of the organism
The other organisms living nearby
The mating partner of the organism

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which of these changes to the DNA triplet 3"GCT 5" will affect the protein produced?
TCT
TCC
CTT
GCA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A segment of DNA produces methionine, threonine, histidine, aspartate, and glycine when translated. A substitution mutation occurs and causes the sythesis of the segment shown. Which is the new peptide chain when the new DNA segment is translated?
methionine, leucine, histidine, aspartate, glycine
methionine, phenylalanine, histidine, aspartate, glycine
Methionine, proline, histidine, aspartate, glycine
methionine, serine, histidine, aspartate, glycine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which mutation will cause translation to stop? 
Mutations 1 and 3 only
Mutation 1 only
Mutation 2 only
Muations 1, 2, 3

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2