CPBIO DAY 15: Human Heredity

Multiple Choice

1/9 What is an autosome?

• automobile built for one person
• chromosome that does not determine gender
• chromosome that does determine gender
• a plant because they do photosynthesis

Multiple Choice

2/9 Looking at the karyotype, is this person male or female, and how do you know?

• There is no way to tell from a karyotype.
• Male - has two X's
• female - has two X's
• Male - has an X and Y

Multiple Choice

3/9 How many individuals are there in the 3rd generation?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 6

Multiple Choice

4/9 In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?

• 2
• 3
• 5
• 6

Multiple Choice

5/9 Which individual in the first generation is a carrier?

• The male
• The female
• individual 1
• None of the above

Multiple Choice

6/9 full set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA

• genome
• karyotype
• pedigree
• chromosome

Multiple Choice

7/9 What is this an example of?

• full set of chromosomes
• karyotype
• pedigree
• family tree

Multiple Choice

8/9 In a pedigree, such as the one in Figure 14–4, a circle represents a(an)

• male.

• female.

• child.

• adult.

Multiple Choice

9/9 People who are heterozygous for sickle cell disease are generally healthy because they

• are resistant to many different diseases.
• have some normal hemoglobin in their red blood cells.
• are not affected by the gene until they are elderly.
• produce more hemoglobin than they need.