Human Genetic Disorders
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Biology
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9th - 10th Grade
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Gregorius Wangke
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many genetic disorders are knows
three
about 20
about 100
thousands
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The inherited disease in which hemoglobin molecules clump into long fibers, changing the shape of blood cells is
cystic fibrosis
sickle cell disease
Huntington's disease
Klinefelter's syndrome
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What happens to the CFTR gene in individuals who have cystic fibrosis?
The entire gene is deleted
The entire gene is duplicated
Three bases are deleted, causing one amino acid to be missing
Three bases are duplicated, causing one amino acid show up about 40 times
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why are individuals who are heterozygous for the cystic fibrosis allele unaffected by the disease?
They have an extra copy of the allele on their X-chromosome
Cystic fibrosis only occurs in males, so females are unaffected
They make enough of a particular protein to allow their cells to work properly
Their cells can transport chloride ions through diffusion channels
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How might the allele that causes a disease stay in the population if it is fatal to those who have the disease?
It is present only in heterozygous
It makes the heterozygous resistant to a fatal disease
It disappears but it is continuously replaced by mutations
It occurs only in certain geographic areas
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NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
NGSS.HS-LS4-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What advantage do individuals with one sickle cell allele have?
a stronger resistance to malaria
immunity to typhoid fever
more rigid red blood cells
no advantage
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NGSS.HS-LS4-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Hemophilia is a recessive sex-linked genetic disorder. A woman is a carrier for hemophilia. Her husband does not have hemophilia. What are the chances that one of their daughters will have hemophilia?
0%
25%
50%
100%
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS3-3
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