Honors Homeostasis Quiz #2

The observable traits of an individual is called?

• genotype

• phenotype

What are the building blocks for proteins?

• fatty acids

• insulin

• glucose

• amino acids

If two healthy parents give birth to a child with sickle cell anemia (a recessive genetic disorder), what is the genotype for both parents?

• Both parents are homozygous recessive

• Both parents are homozygous dominant

• Both parents are heterozygous

What hormone is needed for glucose to enter the cell?

• glycogen

• insulin

• glucose

• starch

What allows chemical reactions to occur in our bodies?

• insulin

• mutations

• lipids

• enzymes

What is a one molecule simple sugar?

• glucose

• glycogen

• starch

Maintaining the right amount of blood glucose levels is an important part of homeostasis.  What hormone is released when blood glucose levels increase?

• glucagon

• estrogen

• insulin

Having two different genes for a single trait is called?

• homozygous

• heterozygous

The place on an enzyme where the chemical reaction occurs?

• substrate

• product

• active site

The genetic makeup of an individual is called?

• genotype

• phenotype