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Genetic conditions

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a genetic condition?

a)

Athlete's foot

b)

Cystic fibrosis

c)

Common cold

d)

Measles

2.

What are the symptoms of haemophilia?

a)

Mucus in lungs

b)

Mucus in digestive system

c)

Crescent-shaped red blood cells

d)

Cuts take longer to heal

3.

What is a small section of DNA which is the genetic code for a characteristic?

a)

Gene

b)

Chromosome

c)

Genome

d)

Base

4.

True or false: A phenotype is the combination of alleles in an organism written as letters.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What do we call someone who does not have a genetic condition but could pass it to their offspring?

a)

Heredity

b)

Communicable

c)

Inherited

d)

Carrier

6.

How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?

a)

23 chromosomes

b)

23 pairs of chromosomes

c)

46 pairs of chromosomes

7.

What are the different forms of a gene called?

a)

Genotypes

b)

Alleles

c)

Chromosomes

8.

Why does a person need to have two copies of the cystic fibrosis allele to have cystic fibrosis?

a)

The allele is a carrier

b)

The allele is recessive

c)

The allele is dominant

9.

In a genetic diagram, how is a dominant allele shown?

a)

As a bold letter

b)

As a lowercase letter

c)

As a capital letter

10.

Which of these represents someone who is heterozygous for a certain gene?

a)

Hh

b)

HH

c)

hh

11.

What is a phenotype?

a)

All the genes in an organism

b)

All the genes and characteristics shown by an organism

c)

All the characteristics shown by an organism

12.

Define homozygous

a)

Where both alleles are the same version of the gene

b)

Different alleles of the gene

c)

The genes possessed

d)

A sequence of bases in a molecule of DNA, or a section of a chromosome 

13.

Define heterozygous

a)

Where both alleles are the same version of the gene

b)

Different alleles of the gene

c)

The genes possessed

d)

A sequence of bases in a molecule of DNA, or a section of a chromosome