Chromosomes

Question 1

what do chromosomes carry?

Answer 1

Genetic information

Question 2

How many chromosomes do humans have?

Answer 2

46 chromosomes, 23 pairs

Question 3

What type of chromosome does the mother contain? What type of chromosome does the father contain? Who determines the child’s gender?

Answer 3

Mother carries X chromosomes. Father carries an X or a Y chromosome. Father determines the gender

Question 4

What happens if someone has an abnormal amount of chromosomes?

Answer 4

Genetic disorder such as down syndrome or trisomy

Question 5

What does hereditary mean?

Answer 5

Information found in cells that is passed down from parents to their offspring

Question 6

Sort from smallest to biggest:

Cell, chromosome, nucleus, gene

Answer 6

Gene, chromosome, nucleus, cell

Question 7

What is the difference between a gene and chromosome?

Answer 7

Gene: a unit of hereditary information that occupies a specific place within a chromosome
Chromosome: a component within the nucleus of a cell

Question 8

Which of the following is false

a) a gene is a part of a chromosome
b) genes determine hereditary characteristics
c) chromosomes are part of genes
d) chromosomes determine hereditary characteristics

Answer 8

c) chromosome aren’t part of genes, genes are part of chromosomes