Genetic Disorders

What disease is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells?

• hemophilia
• sickle cell anemia
• phenylketonuria
• Huntington's 

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Which disorder is characterized by the inability to break down a specific amino acid and can be treated by a special diet?

• Huntington's
• Tay Sachs
• Cystic fibrosis
• PKU

Which genetic disorder is caused by a dominant allele?

• Huntington's
• Hemophilia
• Cystic fibrosis
• PKU

This genetic disorder is inherited by a recessive allele found on the X chromosome.

• PKU
• Cystic fibrosis
• Down's syndrome
• Hemophilia

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Bone growth disorder that causes a type of "short limb" dwarfism.

• Achondroplasia

• Color-blindness

• Cystic fibrosis

• Huntington's disease

• Phenylketonuria

Degeneration of nerve cells in the brain 

• albinism 
• Huntington's
• turner's 
• klinefelter's 

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder in which the body produces abnormally thick ______ in the lungs and intestines?

• Skin
• Muscle
• Blood
• Mucus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What disorder results in uncontrollable bleeding?

• hemophilia

• Tay-sacs

• progeria

• cystic fibrous

The sex chromosomes of an individual with Klinefelter syndrome are

• XXY
• XY
• XXX
• XX

T13 - What chromosomal abnormality causes Down's Syndrome?

• Trisomy 47
• Trisomy 46
• Trisomy 21
• Trisomy 23