Science Q1, W3 - Chromosomes

Question 1

Found tightly packed in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

Answer 1

Chromosomes

Question 2

The total number of chromosomes in every human body cell.

Answer 2

2 pairs of 23, making up 46

Question 3

Made on tiny spaghetti-like structures called chromosomes.

Answer 3

Genes

Question 4

Genetic plan of the organism, blueprint of life.

Answer 4

DNA

Question 5

Father of modern genetics.

Answer 5

Gregor Johann Mendel

Question 6

Carriers of genes

Answer 6

Chromosomes

Question 7

This attaches chromosomes to one another

Answer 7

Centromere

Question 8

refers to the entire set of genes in a cell, an organism, or an individual.

Answer 8

Genotypes

Question 9

is the physical appearance
or other characteristic of an organism

Answer 9

Phenotypes

Question 10

a square grid used in genetics to calculate the frequencies of the different genotypes and phenotypes

Answer 10

The Punnett Square

Question 11

Contains genes that code for traits
unrelated to the sex of the individual, humans have 22 pairs of _ and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX orXY).

Answer 11

Autosomes

Question 12

Contain genes that code for the sex of the individual as well as other traits.

Answer 12

Sex Chromosomes

Question 13

This is when neither form of the gene is able to mask the other.

Answer 13

Incomplete dominance

Question 14

Neither allele is dominant and both alleles show up individually in the phenotype.

Answer 14

Codominance