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Large Scale Mutations and DNA Experiments

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

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?

a)

monosomic

b)

triploid

c)

polyploid

d)

trisomic

e)

diploid

2.

Which of the following terms best describes a cell that has the karyotype shown in the image?

a)

haploid

b)

polyploid

c)

aneuploid

d)

diploid

3.

Which of the following events would lead to the karyotype shown in the image?

a)

crossing over

b)

translocation

c)

deletion

d)

duplication

e)

nondisjunction

4.

If a cell has 4 complete sets of chromosomes, the best term below that describes this cell is _____.

a)

haploid

b)

aneuploid

c)

tetrasomic

d)

diploid

e)

polyploid

5.

What type of chromosomal rearrangement is depicted in the image?

a)

Duplication

b)

Inversion

c)

Translocation

d)

Deletion

6.

Which of the following types of chromosomal rearrangements results in the gain or loss of genetic material from the genome of a cell?

a)

Duplication

b)

Inversion

c)

Translocation

d)

Deletion

7.

What type of chromosomal rearrangement is depicted in the image?

a)

Duplication

b)

Inversion

c)

Translocation

d)

Deletion

8.

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.

a)

She inherited the disorder from both parents.

b)

She inherited the disorder from her mother.

c)

She inherited the disorder from her father.

d)

She inherited the disorder from her mother's dad.

e)

She inherited the disorder from her father's mom.

9.

Which of the following scientists was the first to describe the phenomenon of bacterial transformation?

a)

Hershey and Chase

b)

Meselson and Stahl

c)

Griffith

d)

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

e)

Watson and Crick

10.

Which of the following scientists showed that the agent responsible for transforming R-bacteria to S-bacteria was DNA?

a)

Hershey and Chase

b)

Meselson and Stahl

c)

Griffith

d)

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

e)

Watson and Crick

11.

What was the function of DNase in the experiments performed by Avery, MacLeod and McCarty?

a)

It breaks DNA strands into nucleotides

b)

It breaks RNA strands into nucleotides

c)

It transforms S bacteria into R bacteria

d)

It breaks DNA and RNA strands into nucleotides

e)

It transforms R bacteria into S bacteria