Genetic Mutations

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7th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What usually happens to a cell whose DNA has been damaged?
It has trouble manufacturing certain proteins.
Its genetic material leaves the nucleus.
It is able to produce twice as many proteins as normal cells.
It shrinks to half its normal size.
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NGSS.HS-LS1-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When do random, or spontaneous, mutations happen?
During cell division.
When cells are exposed to hazardous materials.
When cells are exposed to certain viruses.
When cells are exposed to radiation.
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of mutation occurs when, one nucleotide is replaced with a different nucleotide?
addition
substitution(point)
deletion
inversion
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a portion of the DNA is shifted in one direction due to a deletion or insertion?
frameshift
gene
deletion
substitution
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A point mutation that does not change the amino acid sequence is known as a(n) ____________ mutation.
Frameshift
Nondisjunction
Inversion
Silent
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NGSS.HS-LS1-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Genetic mutations that result in a stop codon being produced are called...
Silent
Missense
Nonsense
Frameshift
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What causes "sickle shaped" blood cells?
Point Mutation
Frameshift Mutation
Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Gene Translocation
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
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