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Karyotypes and Pedigrees!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many alleles does a person carry for a trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

How many alleles does a child get from each parent for a trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

3.
What do we use pedigrees for?
a)
To look at families
b)
To make determinations about the offspring
c)
To track traits in families
d)
Nothing
4.

In a pedigree, which shape represents a male?

a)

circle

b)

square

5.

On a pedigree, this symbol represents a(n) ---

a)

not affected female.

b)

not affected male.

c)

affected male.

d)

affected female.

6.

How many individuals are there in the 3rd generation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

7.

If this pedigree shows a recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual 4 be?

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh

8.
There are no carriers for Huntington's Disease- you either have it or you don't. Is Huntington's disease caused by a dominant or recessive trait?
a)
Dominant
b)
Recessive
9.

Aa, DD, Bb, yy are all examples of ---

a)

genotypes.

b)

phenotypes.

10.

Karyotypes are pictures of

a)

Cells

b)

Specific genes

c)

Chromosomes

d)

Proteins

11.

Is this a male or female?

a)

Male

b)

Female

12.

Is this person a male or female?

a)

Male

b)

Female

13.
Occurs when a person has an extra chromosome on the 21st pair.

a)
Down syndrome
b)
Huntington's disease
c)
Parkinson's disease
d)
Zika syndrome
14.
having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).
a)
homozygous
b)
hetrozygous
c)
protein
d)
chromosome
15.
having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).
a)
protein
b)
homozygous
c)
heterozygous
d)
genotype
16.

The karyotype diagram below represents a human male. The chromosomal analysis of this karyotype reveals that the abnormality in this karyotype is:

a)

a missing X chromosome

b)

a missing Y chromosome

c)

an extra 21st chromosome

d)

missing chromosome #9

17.

On which chromosome is the mutation?

a)

21

b)

18

c)

7

d)

All

18.

These are the chromosomes of someone with Kleinfelter's syndrome. What is different about their chromosomes?

a)

There is only one Y chromosome

b)

One of the chromosome 5 is too curved

c)

There is an extra X chromosome

d)

There are too few chromosomes

19.

This person has Angel Mans syndrome. What is different in their chromosomes?

a)

Chromosome 1 is deformed

b)

Chromosome 21 is too small

c)

They are missing one of the 15 chromosomes

d)

Chromosomes 7 and 8 look strange

20.

Homologous pairs:


(select all that apply)

a)

Have the same genes on them

b)

May have different alleles

c)

Each comes from one parent

d)

Combine to give you your genotypes