Unit 6 Lesson 4 (Gene Mutations)

What type of gene mutation is shown in the picture? Extra nucleotide bases have been added to the DNA sequence.

• Point mutation

• substitution

• insertion

• deletion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of mutation is shwn in the picture? A nucleotide base has been removed from the DNA sequence.

• point mutation

• substitution

• insertion

• deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of mutation is shown in the picture? A single nucleotide base was changed from a Thymine to a Cytosin.

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• insertion

• deletion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Changing the order of the amino acids in a protein might change the ______ and ______ of the protein.

• shape, function

• DNA, and nucleotides

• size, taste

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the mRNA sequence for this DNA strand?

TAC GAG

• UAC GUG

• ATC CAC

• AUG CUC

• UUG CUC

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the amino acid sequence for these mRNA codons?

AUG CUC

• met-leu

• Stop-leu

• Tyr-Glut

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which best describes the relationship between proteins and traits?

• proteins control and dermine traits

• traits control proteins

• proteins determine DNA

• traits are random

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A variation or change in a trait is caused by a

• mutation or change in DNA

• change to an amino acid sequence

• change in the mRNA sequence

• all of these

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Insertions and deletions are described as _____ because they shift the way the ribosome reads the codons.

• point mutations

• substitution mutations

• frameshift mutations

• deadly mutations

Any change to DNA or RNA is called a ____

• mutation

• trait

• characteristic

• variation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2