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Eyes of Nye Cloning

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a clone?

a)

Genetically different

b)

Genetically identical

c)

unrelated to each other

2.

Using cloning as a form of regenerating cells for damaged tissues is viewed at which level?

a)

Naked eye

b)

microscopic

c)

can't see

d)

macroscopic

3.

The word clone comes from which Greek word?_

a)

tree

b)

parent

c)

twig

d)

fruit

4.

If an organism is said to reproduce asexually, how would the offspring resemble the parent organism?

a)

identical hair color

b)

different DNA

c)

same DNA

d)

same size

5.

Can humans reproduce asexually?_

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

maybe

6.

Clones are genetically identical which means they look exactly the same. Does that mean they will have the same personality?

a)

yes

b)

no

7.

During sexual reproduction, what percent of each parent’s genetic information does the offspring receive?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

8.

Cells inside an organism’s body that are not classified as sex cells (sperm and egg) are known as what type of cell?

a)

sex cells

b)

somatic cells (body cells)

c)

cancer cells

d)

brain cells

9.

How many cloning tries did it take to produce Dolly the cloned sheep?

a)

17

b)

177

c)

277

d)

307

10.

What determines what an organism will finally look like?

a)

the parents

b)

how genes are turned on and off

c)

luck

d)

the grandparents

11.

What is the controversy associated with human cloning?

a)

that it is easy to do

b)

no one is hurt or compromised

c)

it's cheap

d)

where do the human eggs come from

12.

What are the two types of cloning?_

a)

therapeutic and asexual

b)

therapeutic and sexual

c)

sexual and asexual

d)

sexual and binary fission

13.

Stem cells that do not have a decided direction regarding what type of cell they will become.

a)

differentiated cell

b)

plant cell

c)

animal cell

d)

an undifferentiated cell