Mutations and DNA

All organisms are made of _____.

• Cells

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What are the instructions for building a body called?

• Cells

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Sam has blue eyes and Joe has green eyes. They must have different ____.

• Microscopes

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Put these in order from smallest to biggest:

• Population

• Cell

• Organism

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When does DNA change?

• When you get older

• When it is being copied

• DNA can never change

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a change in DNA called?

• Breakdown

• Failure

• Mutation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Mutations can be...

• Only helpful

• Only harmful

• Helpful, harmful, or neutral

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Whether a mutation is helpful, harmful, or neutral depends on an organism's ____.

• Habitat

• Age

• Size

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism in a polar place is born with thicker fur.

Is this mutation _____?

• Helpful

• Harmful

• Neutral

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

An organism in a tropical place is born with thicker fur.

Is this mutation _____?

• Helpful

• Harmful

• Neutral

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1