Mutations STAAR

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

• Harmful mutation

• Beneficial mutation

• Neutral mutation

• normal life

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Mutations that cause dramatic changes in protein structure are often

• harmful

• helpful

• neutral

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation is a change in an organism's _____________.

• Cell

• DNA

• Phenotype

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

ATC CAT
Mutation: ATC GCAT
What mutation occurred?

• deletion

• insertion

• silent

• transverse

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Original DNA: CAT GAT
New DNA: CAT AT
What mutation occurred?

• deletion

• substitution 

• tranverse

• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• yes

• no

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

 Are mutations random?

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of mutation is shown in the diagram?

• alteration

• deletion

• insertion

• rearrangement

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

TRUE or FALSE. The removal of one base to the DNA sequence might lead to a change on the succeeding (next) codon.

• True

• False