Mutations and DNA

A single stranded nucleic acid that can be used to make proteins; composed of the nucleotides adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil

• RNA

• Chromosome

• DNA

• Chromatin

_____________: A segment of DNA that encodes a protein or functional RNA

• DNA

• RNA

• Gene

• Chromosome

_____________: A single linear or circular piece of DNA that contains some or all of an organism’s genes

• DNA

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Chromatin

Which of the following best describes a MUTATION?

• An error or change in the DNA

• Always a harmful feature

• Always a beneficial adaptation

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The picture above represents

• insertion

• deletion

• substitution

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DNA is

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid: the blueprint and directions for building an organism

• A segment of DNA, made up of a specific order of proteins, which codes for a trait

• Adenine-Thymine, Guanine-Cytosine

• a strand of three bases that get read on the DNA strand

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A gene is

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid: the blueprint and directions for building an organism

• A segment of DNA, made up of a specific order of proteins, which codes for a trait

• Adenine-Thymine, Guanine-Cytosine

• a strand of three bases that get read on the DNA strand

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A codon is

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid: the blueprint and directions for building an organism

• A segment of DNA, made up of a specific order of proteins, which codes for a trait

• Adenine-Thymine, Guanine-Cytosine

• a strand of three bases that get read on the DNA strand

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The rungs of the DNA ladder are made of...

• nitrogen base pairs- adenine and thymine or guanine and cyotsine

• deoxyribose sugar molecules, and phosphate

• a characteristic

• A trait passed on from family, coded for in the DNA of an organism

The sides of the DNA strand are made of...

• nitrogen base pairs- adenine and thymine or guanine and cyotsine

• deoxyribose sugar molecules, and phosphate

• a characteristic

• A trait passed on from family, coded for in the DNA of an organism