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Genes & Chromosomes Vocab

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

segment of DNA that

contains instructions for building one protein

a)

gene

b)

chromosome

c)

gamete

2.

passing genetic

information to offspring

a)

cloning

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

heredity

d)

spermatogenesis

3.

picture of a cell's

chromosomes

a)

meiosis

b)

karyotype

c)

polar body

4.

reproduction that

combines DNA from two parents

a)

sexual

b)

asexual

c)

crossing over

d)

mitosis

5.

combination of two

sex cells

a)

meiosis

b)

mitosis

c)

oogenesis

d)

fertilization

6.

process of cell

division that makes gametes

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

fertilization

7.

reproductive

cell--sperm or egg

a)

allele

b)

tetrad

c)

gamete

8.

fertilized egg

a)

sperm

b)

zygote

c)

nucleus

d)

spegg

9.

egg formation

(meiosis in females)

a)

oogenesis

b)

spermatogenesis

c)

fertilization

d)

independent assortment

10.

sperm formation

(meiosis in males)

a)

karyotyping

b)

spermatogenesis

c)

oogenesis

d)

crossing over

11.

two chromosomes

that have matching genes

a)

haploid

b)

karyotype

c)

homologous pair

d)

polar bodies

12.

2 matching

chromosomes (4 sister chromatids) lined up together

a)

tetrad

b)

gene

c)

centriole

d)

centromere

13.

differences in

genetic information among individual organisms

a)

genetic confusion

b)

genetic discombobulation

c)

genetic flux

d)

genetic variation

14.

exchange of genes

between two homologous chromosomes

a)

fertilization

b)

meiosis

c)

crossing over

15.

non-functional

product of oogenesis

a)

polar body

b)

sperm

c)

karyotype

d)

zygote

16.

half a set of DNA

for an organism

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

triploid

d)

noploid

17.

full set of DNA for

an organism

a)

diploid

b)

haploid

c)

monoploid

d)

fullploid

18.

variation of a gene

a)

allele

b)

zygote

c)

haploid

d)

chromosome

19.

female reproductive

cell

a)

sperm

b)

egg

c)

zygote

d)

tetrad

20.

male reproductive

cell

a)

karyotype

b)

allele

c)

egg

d)

sperm

21.

organism (usually infertile) produced

by sexual reproduction of two similar species

a)

hybrid

b)

zygote

c)

diploid

d)

crossover

22.

non-sex chromosome

a)

autosome

b)

gamete

c)

alphasome

d)

homologous pair

23.

random sorting of

chromosomes when a cell undergoes meiosis

a)

independent assortment

b)

crossing over

c)

shuffling the deck

d)

eenie meenie miney moe

24.

determines the sex

of an organism

a)

autosome

b)

egg

c)

karyotype

d)

sex chromosome