WorksheetsLarge Scale Mutations and DNA Experiments
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
If a normal cell in an organism is diploid, which of the following terms best describes a cell from this organism that contains three copies of chromosome 1, but two copies of all other chromosomes?
monosomic
triploid
polyploid
trisomic
diploid
Which of the following terms best describes a cell that has the karyotype shown in the image?
haploid
polyploid
aneuploid
diploid
Which of the following events would lead to the karyotype shown in the image?
crossing over
translocation
deletion
duplication
nondisjunction
If a cell has 4 complete sets of chromosomes, the best term below that describes this cell is _____.
haploid
aneuploid
tetrasomic
diploid
polyploid
What type of chromosomal rearrangement is depicted in the image?
Duplication
Inversion
Translocation
Deletion
Which of the following types of chromosomal rearrangements results in the gain or loss of genetic material from the genome of a cell?
Duplication
Inversion
Translocation
Deletion
What type of chromosomal rearrangement is depicted in the image?
Duplication
Inversion
Translocation
Deletion
Anjelica was diagnosed with a mitochondrial disorder. Neither of her parents have this genetic disorder. Which of the following is a way she inherited this disorder? Select all that apply.
She inherited the disorder from both parents.
She inherited the disorder from her mother.
She inherited the disorder from her father.
She inherited the disorder from her mother's dad.
She inherited the disorder from her father's mom.
Which of the following scientists was the first to describe the phenomenon of bacterial transformation?
Hershey and Chase
Meselson and Stahl
Griffith
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
Watson and Crick
Which of the following scientists showed that the agent responsible for transforming R-bacteria to S-bacteria was DNA?
Hershey and Chase
Meselson and Stahl
Griffith
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
Watson and Crick
What was the function of DNase in the experiments performed by Avery, MacLeod and McCarty?
It breaks DNA strands into nucleotides
It breaks RNA strands into nucleotides
It transforms S bacteria into R bacteria
It breaks DNA and RNA strands into nucleotides
It transforms R bacteria into S bacteria
