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Melanin List 3

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Melanin

a)

A pigment that gives skin its color

b)

A light-absorbing molecule that produces color

c)

A mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed

d)

Invisible rays from the sun that can burn skin and cause skin cancer

e)

Distance north or south of the equator

2.

Pigment

a)

A pigment that gives skin its color

b)

A light-absorbing molecule that produces color

c)

A mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed

d)

Invisible rays from the sun that can burn skin and cause skin cancer

e)

Distance north or south of the equator

3.

Distance north or south of the equator

a)

Point Mutation

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Latitude

d)

Silent Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

4.

Vitamin produced using sunlight that is important for healthy bones

a)

Point Mutation

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Latitude

d)

Silent Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

5.

A mutation that shifts the "reading frame" by adding or deleting a base pair

a)

Point Mutation

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Latitude

d)

Silent Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

6.

A permanent change in the DNA base sequence

a)

Point Mutation

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Latitude

d)

Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

7.

Invisible rays from the sun that can burn skin and cause skin cancer

a)

Point Mutation

b)

UV Radiation

c)

Latitude

d)

Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

8.

A mutation that changes a single base pair, but does not change the amino acid

a)

Point Mutation

b)

UV Radiation

c)

Silent Mutation

d)

Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation

9.

A mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed

a)

Point Mutation

b)

UV Radiation

c)

Silent Mutation

d)

Mutation

e)

Frameshift Mutation