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6. Different forms of the same gene are called _____

  • alkeles
  • alleles
  • nucleous

7. Which of the following does NOT Asexually reproduce

  • Bacteria
  • Daffodils
  • Hibiscus
  • Strawberries
  • Spider Plant

8. The DNA is coiled up to form the ________ of the chromosome.

  • arms
  • toes
  • handle
  • legs
  • hands

9. Asexual reproduction produces identical offspring by _____

  • Membrane
  • Sex
  • Mitosis
  • Splitting

10. What is a "designer baby"?

  • When the baby is born with a lable
  • You can chose characteristics for the baby
  • When you attach a lable onto a baby
  • You buy a baby from a designer shop

11. What is the human genome Project?

  • Map out 25 000 of human genes and figure out what each one does
  • Find little human genomes in your back garden

12. What is not the advantages of the human genome project?

  • Gene-ism and Discrimination by life insurers and employers
  • Accurate Diagnoses
  • Develop new and better medicines
  • Predict and prevent diseases
  • Improve forensic science

13. Which of the following human characteristics is caused by environmental variation?

  • Eye colour
  • Language spoken
  • Sex (male or female)

14. You need two copies of the faulty allele to have cystic fibrosis. This means that the allele is:

  • Recessive
  • Sex-linked
  • Dominant

15. Identical twins are very similar to each other mainly because

  • They have identical genetic information
  • They have the same parents
  • They were born within minutes of each other