Mutations

Mutations

9th Grade

20 Qs

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Mutations

Mutations

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a frameshift mutation?

A mutation that shifts the "reading" frame of the genetic message by inserting or deleting nucleotides.

A mutation that changes a single nucleotide but does not affect the reading frame.

A mutation that reverses the direction in which a gene is read.

A mutation that occurs in non-coding regions of DNA.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the following mutation:
Original DNA: ATCGTC
Mutated DNA: AATCGTC

Substitution
Insertion
Deletion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A mutation in which only one nucleotide is altered is called a:

Frameshift Mutation

Deletion Mutation

Point Mutation

Insertion Mutation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The information encoded in DNA is transcribed to mRNA using:

DNA Polymerase

RNA Polymerase

Ribosomes

Helicase

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A

Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Frameshift 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The two kinds of frameshift mutations are:

Deletion and insertion

Substitution and silent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the following mutation:
Original DNA: ATCGTC
Mutated DNA: ATGGTC

Substitution
Insertion
Deletion

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