Inheritance

Question 0

How many chromosomes are in body cells

Answer 0

46

Question 1

Genes

Answer 1

Section of a chromosone that determines your characteristics

Question 2

How many chromosomes to you have in your gametes

Answer 2

23

Question 3

What is gamete

Answer 3

Sex cell

Question 4

What is the male gamete called

Answer 4

Sperm

Question 5

What is the female gamete called

Answer 5

Egg

Question 6

What are the male sex chromosomes

Answer 6

XY

Question 7

What are the female sex chromosomes

Answer 7

XX

Question 8

What does heterozygous mean

Answer 8

Different forms of genes

Question 9

What does homozygous mean

Answer 9

Same form of gene

Question 10

What is DNA profiling (genetic profiling)?

Answer 10

When DNA is analysed and compared. This involves splitting DNA into short bands on a gel which are compared

Question 11

Name the uses of DNA profiling

Answer 11

Investigating crimes
Paternity testing
Comparing different organisms
Identifying victims

Question 12

How does insulin lower the level of glucose in the blood

Answer 12

It stored glucose into glycogen and is stored in the liver

Question 13

What is meant by the term genotype

Answer 13

The genetic make up of an individual

Question 14

What is meant by the term phenotype

Answer 14

The physical appearance of an individual

Question 15

What are genes

Answer 15

Section of a chromosome that determines your characteristics

Question 16

What is meant by the term genetic modification

Answer 16

The transfer of genes from one species to another

Question 17

How many chromosomes in a human sperm cell

Answer 17

23

Question 18

State the cause cystic fibrosis

Answer 18

Recessive alleles

Question 19

Who is Gregor Mendel

Answer 19

A monk who is the father of inheritance