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Worksheets5.2 Genetic Disorders
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which disease or disorder is caused by the inheritance of two mutated alleles?
a)
Down Syndrome
b)
Colorblindness
c)
Cystic Fibrosis
d)
Hemophilia
2.
Which disease or disorder causes people to have abnormal hemoglobin?
a)
Cystic Fibrosis
b)
Albinism
c)
Sickle-cell Disease
d)
Down Syndrome
3.
Which disease or disorder is the result of having an extra chromosome?
a)
Cystic Fibrosis
b)
Down Syndrome
c)
Colorblindness
d)
Sickle-cell Disease
4.
What are the two ways that genetic disorders can be inherited?
a)
Through blood transfusions and meiosis.
b)
Mutations in DNA and changes in structure or number of chromosomes.
c)
Missing chromosomes or premature egg splitting.
d)
Unhealthy environments and heredity.
5.
What is the name of the protein that is not normal in people with sickle-cell disease?
a)
mucus
b)
clotting protein
c)
karyotype
d)
hemoglobin
6.
A doctor may use a _________ to examine the chromosomes in a cell.
a)
x-ray
b)
blood test
c)
karyotype
d)
hemoglobin
7.
Which genetic disorder or disease is a sex-linked trait and carried on the X chromosome?
a)
Cystic Fibrosis
b)
Sickle-cell Disease
c)
Hemophilia
d)
Down Syndrome
8.
Which disorder or disease has alleles that are co-dominant with each other?
a)
Cystic Fibrosis
b)
Sickle-cell Disease
c)
Down Syndrome
d)
Hemophilia
9.
What chromosome is affected by hemophilia?
a)
x
b)
y
c)
21
d)
13
10.
In order to trace occurrence of a trait through several generations of a family, you could create a ____________.
a)
karyotype
b)
hemoglobin
c)
pedigree
d)
chromosomal map
11.
a)
Not affected Female
b)
Not affected Male
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
12.
a)
Not Affected Male
b)
Not Affected Female
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
13.
In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
6
14.
A couple that have a family history of a genetic disorder might wish to receive advice from a ___________.
a)
mutated allele
b)
genetic counsellor
c)
family dentist
d)
brother or sister
15.
Photograph of chromosomes grouped in ordered pairs
a)
pedigree
b)
Punnett Square
c)
Venn Diagram
d)
Karyotype
16.
What is the gender of the individual whose karyotype is seen in the image?
a)
Male
b)
Female
17.
a)
This karyotype shows Trisomy 21
b)
This karyotype has no abnormality
c)
This karyotype is missing a sex chromosome (monosomy x)
d)
This karyotype is from a gamete
18.
Which sex chromosomes would indicate a typical human male?
a)
XX
b)
X
c)
XY
d)
XXY
19.
What is the chromosomal condition of the individual whose karyotype is seen in the image?
a)
Trisomy 21 (Down's Syndrome)
b)
Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)
c)
Trisomy 18 (Edward's Syndrome)
d)
XXY Sex Chromosomes (Klinefelter's Syndrome)
20.
Which of the following is true of your sex chromosomes?
a)
I have two Y chromosomes.
b)
I have at least one X chromosomes.
c)
They aren't developed until I turn 13.
d)
They are afraid of one another.
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