Mutations and DNA

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Science
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9th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A single stranded nucleic acid that can be used to make proteins; composed of the nucleotides adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil
RNA
Chromosome
DNA
Chromatin
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
_____________: A segment of DNA that encodes a protein or functional RNA
DNA
RNA
Gene
Chromosome
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
_____________: A single linear or circular piece of DNA that contains some or all of an organism’s genes
DNA
Gene
Chromosome
Chromatin
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes a MUTATION?
An error or change in the DNA
Always a harmful feature
Always a beneficial adaptation
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The picture above represents
insertion
deletion
substitution
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
DNA is
Deoxyribonucleic Acid: the blueprint and directions for building an organism
A segment of DNA, made up of a specific order of proteins, which codes for a trait
Adenine-Thymine, Guanine-Cytosine
a strand of three bases that get read on the DNA strand
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A gene is
Deoxyribonucleic Acid: the blueprint and directions for building an organism
A segment of DNA, made up of a specific order of proteins, which codes for a trait
Adenine-Thymine, Guanine-Cytosine
a strand of three bases that get read on the DNA strand
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
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