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Chromosomal diseases

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Give an example of a chromosomal abnormality

a)

phenylketonuria

b)

albinism

c)

Marfan syndrome

d)

Patau syndrome

2.

What changes in karyotype observed in Down syndrome?

a)

trisomy 13

b)

trisomy 18

c)

trisomy 21

d)

trisomy X chromosome

3.

Identify the formula of the karyotype in Cri du chat syndrome:

a)

46,XX, 5p-

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

47,XY, 13+

d)

47, XXY

4.

Determine chromosomal diseases that are caused by a change in the number of autosomes:

a)

 

Edwards syndrome

b)

Turner syndrome

c)

Klinefelter syndrome

d)

Cri du chat syndrome

5.

Give an example of a chromosomal abnormality

a)

  Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome

b)

Tay–Sachs disease

c)

Mucopolysaccharidoses

d)

Sickle cell disease

6.

What changes in karyotype observed in Patau syndrome?

a)

trisomy 13

b)

trisomy 18

c)

trisomy X chromosome

d)

trisomy 21

7.

Identify the formula of the karyotype in Turner syndrome:

a)

46,XX, 5p-

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

45, XO

d)

47, XXY

8.

  Identify chromosomal disease which are associated with an increase in the number of sex chromosomes:

a)

Cri du chat syndrome

b)

Klinefelter syndrome

c)

Edwards syndrome

d)

Turner syndrome

9.

    What syndrome are characterized by the following symptoms: microcephaly, sloping forehead, narrow eye slits, nose defect, low-set ears and deformed, cleft lip and cleft palate, polydactyly (extra digits), heart defects, kidney defects?

a)

Patau syndrome

b)

Down syndrome

c)

Marfan syndrome

d)

Turner syndrome

10.

Determine the possible karyotype formula according to the following features: short stature, short neck, barrel-shaped chest, delayed sexual development.

a)

46,XX, 5p-

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

45, XO

d)

47,XX, 21+

11.

  What kind of syndrome below caused by the rearrangement in chromosome?

a)

 

Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome

b)

Turner syndrome

c)

Klinefelter syndrome

d)

Marfan syndrome

12.

What caused to develop of trisomy?

a)

point mutation

  

b)

deletion

c)

nondisjunction of chromosomes

d)

Transition

13.

Identify the formula of the karyotype in Klinefelter syndrome:

a)

46,XX, 5p-

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

45, XO

d)

47, XXY

14.

Identify the formula of the karyotype in Edwards syndrome:

a)

46,XX, 5p-

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

47,XY, 13+

d)

47, ХХ, 21+

15.

  What syndrome are characterized by the following symptoms: slanted eyes, a round face with a flat profile, small nose, а missing nose bone, epicanthus folds, small ears , a large tongue that may protrude from the mouth, heart defects, clinodactyly?

a)

Patau syndrome

b)

Down syndrome

c)

Edwards syndrome

d)

Turner syndrome

16.

1.     Identify the possible formula of karyotype according to the following symptoms: tall, incomplete pubertal development with eunuchoid body habitus, enlarged breast tissue (gynecomastia), less facial and body hair compared with other teens, sexual infantilism

a)

46,XX, 21+

b)

47,XX, 18+

c)

45, XO

d)

47, XXY

17.

Polyploidy is…

a)

diploid set of chromosomes in somatic cell

b)

multiple increasing of haploid set of chromosome

c)

point mutation

d)

rearrangement in chromosome

18.

Triploidy is a condition whereby cells contain ** chromosomes

(a)  

19.

Aneuploidy occurs as a result of nondisjunction during *******

(a)  

20.

********

(a)  

21.

***********

(a)  

22.

round facies, a catlike cry, congenital heart defects, microcephaly,

and mental retardation.

a)

b)

c)

d)

23.

short stature, low-set ears, ocular hypertelorism, ptosis, low

posterior hairline, webbed neck due to a remnant of a fetal cystic hygroma, congenital

hypoplasia of lymphatics causing peripheral edema of hands and feet, shield chest,

pinpoint nipples, congenital heart defects, aortic coarctation, female hypogonadism,

ovarian fibrous streaks (i.e., infertility), primary amenorrhea, and absence of secondary

sex characteristics.

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

profound mental retardation,

congenital heart defects,

cleft lip and/or palate, omphalocele, scalp defects, and polydactyly.

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

mental retardation,

congenital heart defects, small facies and

prominent occiput, overlapping fingers, cleft lip and/or palate, and rocker-bottom heels.

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

moderate mental retardation (the leading cause of mental

retardation), microcephaly, microphthalmia, colobomata, cataracts and glaucoma, flat

nasal bridge, epicanthal folds, protruding tongue, simian crease in hand, increased

nuchal skin folds, appearance of an “X” across the face when the baby cries, and congenital

heart defects.

a)
b)
c)
d)