Human Genome and Bioethics Review Quiz
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Whether a human will be a male or a female is determined by
A. sex chromosomes in the egg cell.
B. sex chromosomes in the sperm cell.
C. autosomes in the egg cell.
D. autosomes in the sperm cell.
Clones have the exact same:
A. Personalities
B. Physical appearances
C. Intelligence levels
D. Genetic material
What is this
A. plasmid
B. recombinant bacterium
C. recombinant DNA
D. sticky ends
What is risk of GMOs?
A. Radioactive
B. Food that taste too good
C. throw an ecosystem off balance
D. produce too much food
In a pedigree chart, how are characteristics or traits illustrated
A. circles
B. squares
C. shading
D. lines
The failure of chromosomes to separate during gamete formation in called
A. nondisjunction
B. alleles
C. point mutation
D. cloning
How many base pairs (bp) are in the human genome?
A. 1 billion bp
B. 4 billion bp
C. 3 billion bp
D. 3.5 billion bp
The best description of a GMO is _____.
A. Hybrid species.
B. Natural organisms.
C. Artificially manipulated species.
D. Healthiest species.
The purpose of selective breeding is to
A. Get bigger animals
B. get smaller animals
C. create animals with desirable traits
D. create animals with bad traits
Is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine.
A. Bioinformatics
B. Biotechology
C. Bioethics
D. Genetics
Organisms that contain genes from a different organism are called –
A. Transgenic
B. Recombinant
C. Cloned
D. Restricted
An example of a trait that is determined by multiple alleles is…
A. Huntington’s Disease
B. ABO Blood Groups
C. Down Syndrome
D. Hemophilia
What is a genome?
A. The complete haploid amount of genetic material present in a cell or organism
B. A garden ornament
C. The sum of all human material.
D. A totally unique set of genetic material not shared with anything else
GMOs can be
A. plants only
B. animals only
C. plant, animal, and bacteria
D. plant and animal only
Which is not a base pair of DNA?
A. Cytosine
B. Thymine
C. Adenine
D. Guanine
E. DNA Ladder
A clone can be BEST thought of as a(n) _____ created in the lab.
A. identical twin
B. GMO
C. science fiction experiment
Breeders can increase the _______________________ in a population by introducing mutations, which are the ultimate source of biological diversity
A. Genetic variation
B. Genome
C. Biotechology
D. Mutations
The X and Y chromosomes are called the
A. extra chromosomes.
B. phenotypes.
C. sex chromosomes.
D. All of the answers are correct.
Which term refers to a farmer choosing the best corn from this year to plant next year?
A. natural selection
B. selective breeding
C. genetic engineering
D. genetic transformation
What can you conclude from the fact that humans have cloned plants for thousands of years?
A. Most of the crops that exist today are clones
B. Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals
C. Cloned plants are immune to all diseases and pests
D. Much of today’s modern technology was developed in ancient times
A common genetic disorder characterized by bent and twisted red blood cells is…
A. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Hemophilia
C. Sickle Cell Disease
D. Muscular Dystrophy
What is an example of a sex-linked trait?
A- Autism
B- Cancer
C- Hemophilia
D- Hair Color
A picture of chromosomes arranged in groups is known as a(n)…
A. Generation
B. Pedigree
C. Karyotype
D. Chromoscopy
True or False-GMO’s have been proven to be harmful for humans to consume.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Chromosomal disorders, such as Down Syndrome, are caused by __________, or the failure of homologous chromosome separation during meiosis, occurs.
A. Nondisjunction
B. Recessive Alleles
C. Dominant Alleles
D. Codominance
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