Genetics Jeopardy

1. Genetics Jeopardy By: Cameron, Sarah, Bethany and Haley

2. Rules: • Click on a point value to reveal a question. • Choose the answer that you think is the best response to said question. • Keep track of your points on the dry erase score board in order to beat your friends. • After each question, click the "correct" or "incorrect" title to bring you back to the selection screen. • Have fun!

4. What is a complete set of genetic instructions? a.) genome b.) gene grid c.) gene map d.) genetics

5. What is the cause of down syndrome? a.) undeveloped brain b.) extra chromosome on pair 21 c.) extra genes d.) unknown reasons

6. What is the study of inheritance of characteristics? a.) science b.) genetics c.) biology d.) genomics

7. What can a sperm contribute? a.) X chromosome b.) Y chromosome c.) all of the above d.) none of these

8. How many chromosomes does the average human have? a.) 23 b.) 22 c.) 46 d.) 44

9. What are the opposite of autosomes? a.) chromosomes b.) tulisomes c.) sex chromosomes d.) manualsomes

10. How do genotypes and phenotypes differ? a.) genotypes are for males, phenotypes are for females b.) genotypes show alleles, phenotypes show traits c.) genotypes show traits, phenotypes show alleles d.) there is no difference between the two

11. If a flower has an allele for a red color trait and an allele for a white color trait, is it considered homozygous? a.) heterozygous b.) homozygous c.) polyzygous d.) mixed

12. If black fur is recessive and gold fur is dominant, what would the black dog’s genotype be? a.) GG b.) Gg c.) gG d.) gg

13. If an organism has heterozygous traits, there is a 50:50 chance that either trait could be expressed? a.) true b.) false

14. What are useful ways to express genetic information? a.) punnett squares b.) pedigrees c.) all of the above d.) none of these

15. During complete penetrance, ______ shows the trait a.) females with the allele b.) males with the allele c.) everyone with the allele d.) some with the allele

16. During incomplete penetrance, _______ shows the trait a.) females with the allele b.) males with the allele c.) everyone with the allele d.) some with the allele

17. During variable penetrance, what is the variable? a.) the severity of the expression b.) how late in life the trait will be expressed c.) as what the trait will be d.) what part of the body the trait will affect

18. What does an egg contribute? a.) an X chromosome b.) a Y chromosome c.) both an X and a Y chromosome d.) none of the above

19. Which is not a polygenic trait? a.) eye color b.) gender c.) height d.) skin color

20. When the gene coding for CFTR protein is mutant, this disease results. a) Cancer b) Downs Syndrome c)Cystic Fibrosis d)none of the above

21. This disease is an example of an autosomal recessive disorder in which a person with one allele has a 25% chance of having the disease and a 75% chance of being a carrier of it. a) Huntington Disease b) Cystic Fibrosis c) Hemophilia A d) none of the above

22. This disease is an example of an autosomal dominant disorder in which a person with one allele develops the disease and both sexes are affected equally. a) Huntington Disease b) Cystic Fibrosis c) Hemophilia A d) none of the above

23. This disease is a sex linked disorder that is passed from mother(heterozygote) to son. (Hint: used to be common in royal family blood lines) a) Huntington Disease b) Cystic Fibrosis c) Hemophilia A d) none of the above

24. Correct!

25. Incorrect!