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WorksheetsSB2b - Mutations
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
Define Mutations
Define Gene Mutation
Define Mutagens
Define Duplication Mutation
Define Chromosomal Mutation
Define Deletion Mutation
Define Inversion Mutation
Define Translocation Mutation
Change in the chromosome structure caused by radiation, chemicals, pollutants or during replication is a/an
Mutation
Allele
Gene
Replicator
Which of the four types of mutations causes a change in the arrangement, rather than the number, of genes on a chromosome?
Deletion
Deletion and Translocation
Translocation
Translocation and Inversion
What type of mutation affects individual genes?
Chromosomal Mutation
Gene Mutations
Crossing Over
Meiosis
When someone spends a lot of time sunbathing and rarely puts on sunscreen, they have an increased risk of developing skin cancer. Why is this true?
Because radiation exposure caused by way too many medical X Rays alters their DNA in a harmful way
Because UV light from the Sun alters their DNA in a harmful way
Because the extremely high temperatures experienced while sunbathing alters their DNA in a harmful way.
Because their skin becomes too dry
Describe how mutations are passed on to future generations...
